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Short Story

Double Edge

by Richard Taylor

His administrative assistants and secretaries had left for the day, but Dean Gilmore stayed late, lost in thought. He gazed from his office at the campus that had changed so drastically during his tenure. In those three decades, Parson College had become a major university, and his energy and resourcefulness were largely responsible. He now had reason to believe that the new arts and sciences building was going to bear his name. Soon festivities surrounding commencement would include a banquet in his honor, when former students would join the trustees and officers of the university in paying tribute to his long and dedicated service.

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