obtain when it came to the disposition of humanity's fate.
"We could always agree to give the Romans back," he suggested finally, in the tone of a man who found his own suggestion profoundly distasteful. "If that's the pretext they've settled on, we could cut the ground out from under them by conceding." Stevenson cocked an eyebrow at him, and the heavyset admiral shrugged. "I don't like it any more than you do, Alex," he said irritably, "but we're talking about the survival of the human race!"
"The President is well aware of that. In fact, I understand that the Cabinet has already agreed, very quietly, that the ship itself will be t