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In the context ofjournalism, to have one's work called Standard was highly complimentary,if somewhat inappropriate. They'd been drizzled on andsnowed on, and definitely preferred the snow. But this one had begun shooting virtually on emergence; there'd been time(milliseconds at most) for only the briefest identity scan. With Colonel Fossur'swife, she'd gone to the mercenary camp and watched their morningworkouts in gymnastics and jokanru.