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permutations on this based on the research of a British scientist named Robin Dunbar. The average person has about 150 stable friends they keep in contact with. When you include old classmates and relatives, the number increases to around 250. An average couple may have 400 unique acquaintances in all. These are people you might have over for dinner or otherwise spend time with socially.
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speech shadowing?”
MK-Ultra government mind-control project.
“May I look?” asks a woman named Hamed, who’d watched the demo with a certain amount of detachment.
MOLLY, A BOMB squad black Labrador retriever with a serious demeanor, gives me a suspicious glance before going up the gangplank to do a cursory search of the Ocean Song for explosives with her human partner. At almost two hundred feet long, there’s a lot to cover. While we wait for Molly and her bomb squad partners to clear the boat, we compare notes on Marta and try to get a better understanding of this woman.
“Molly didn’t pick anything up,” announces the detective with the bomb dog, who have both returned to the dock. “I’d like to do a more thorough search.” “Go ahead. But we’re going onboard. We’re going to have to risk it.” I head up the gangplank and resist the urge to pat the animal on the head.
