The Penultimate Truth 40-60

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Brose wants the old artifacts because he wants wealth and power and the artifacts from Utah are priceless.
The Estes Park Govornment wants to convict and destroy Louis Runcible.
Somone is tipping of ant tanks that the war is over.
Louis Runcible iulds ant tanks and is one fothe suspects for tipping of tnas the war is over.
The people below the surface believe that the earth is full of radioactive waste, missles and bacteria roaming around.
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What is a nonterran race?
What is a nolo contendere plea?
What was Runcible guilty of?
Is the war really over or the people actually lying to the ant tanks?
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stratum(p 40) a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another
colloquy(p 43) a conversational exchange; dialogue.
guardedly(p 50) cautious; careful; prudent.
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Foreshadow(p 54)"to much impairment of red-cell production" Forshadows something bad happening to his body.
Similie(p 55)"felt like slinkin away"
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This section talks about the many things that are happening inside the ant tanks and how someone is tipping of ant tanks that the war is over.