"For both sexes there is a no work, no food rule. A miner who is injured so badly that he cannot work is turned out of the dormitory and when his mone...y runs out he cannot have any food. Nothing much grows on this planet. Women are more fortunate, they invariably get shagged to death in the end; no matter how old or decrepit they become, there is always some man who wants one of their holes."Here you will live better, and more protected lives than any of those options. The men will have little. Today was the first real day of spring. As Linda walked outside she could smell the fresh, clean morning air. She remember the sound of spring rain on the roof as she and her husband made love the night before and how it added to the warm, secure feeling she felt in her husband’s arms. On the way to her car she notice the beautiful, blue wild flowers growing in the lawn. She smiled. No matter how bad the winter, they persisted in their quest for a new beginning, a new start at life every. Maggie couldn't STAND it! Was there a conspiracy to prevent Blair'stransformation? Were first the dance school and now the actors' studioprivy to said conspiracy? Was some entity with godlike powers, maybethe Sun god Ra or Jehovah Himself, intent on playing with her hopes anddreams, and Blair's, as though they were finger puppets on the ficklehand of fate? Maggie had been jerked around one time too many. Shewas no longer going to accept the whims of cruel Fortune quietly like agood. Jim decided that since his exams were finished a visit would be better than a phone call to relay his news. He sat at the kitchen table waiting for Rich to return. He was too excited to eat. He popped open a beer and put on a record to listen to while he waited. He got out a pad of paper and started to jot down some figures.He decided that the stipend from Douglas Chemical would be enough to allow him to re-rent the apartment for another year, but without a room mate. He decided to finish his.