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April 1972

1984 Is Here at Last!

And it turns out to be much more pleasant than George Orwell predicted

So THIS was 1984! July 1, 1984, to be exact. I leaped out of bed, did about thirty push-ups, and headed for the postoffice (after, of course, donning my clothes). I remember thinking, 'way back in 1972, "Why, 1984 is only twelve years away!" (I have always been good at higher mathematics.)

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