1. "In the decade of the 1930s,
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of the worldwide depression.
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the job of informing the public...
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of the Daily Planet...
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5. a great metropolitan newspaper,
whose reputation for clarity and truth...
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6. had become a symbol of hope
for the city of Metropolis."
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of wild imagination.
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9. No, my good friends...
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10. These indictments
I have brought you today...
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11. the specific charges listed herein
against the individuals...
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12. their acts of treason,
their ultimate aim of sedition...
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14. I ask you now to pronounce judgment...
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16. On this...
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17. This mindless aberration,
whose only means of expression...
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18. are wanton violence and destruction.
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19. On the woman, Ursa...
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20. whose perversions
and unreasoning hatred of all mankind...
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21. have threatened even the children
of the planet Krypton.
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22. Finally, General Zod.
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23. Once trusted by this council...
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24. charged with maintaining the defense
of the planet Krypton itself.
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25. Chief architect
of this intended revolution...
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26. and author of this insidious plot
to establish a new order amongst us...
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27. with himself as absolute ruler.
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28. You have heard the evidence.
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29. The decision of the council
will now be heard.
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30. Guilty.
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31. Guilty.
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32. Guilty.
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33. The vote must be unanimous, Jor-El.
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34. It has therefore
now become your decision.
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35. You alone
will condemn us if you wish...
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36. and you alone
will be held responsible by me.
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37. Join us.
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38. You have been known to disagree
with the council before.
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39. Yours could become an important voice
in the new order...
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40. second only to my own.
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41. I offer you a chance
for greatness, Jor-El!
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42. Take it! Join us!
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43. You will bow down before me, Jor-El.
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44. I swear it.
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45. No matter that it takes an eternity,
you will bow down before me!
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46. Both you...
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47. and then one day...
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48. your heirs!
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49. No!
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50. - Let us out of here!
- Help me!
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51. Forgive me!
I shall return!
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52. Forgive me!
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53. I shall return!
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54. You cannot ignore these facts.
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55. It's suicide. No, it's worse.
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56. It's genocide.
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57. Be warned, Jot-EL.
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58. The council has already evaluated
this outlandish theory of yours.
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59. My friends, you know me to be
neither rash nor impulsive.
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60. I am not given to wild,
unsupported statements.
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61. And I tell you that we must
evacuate this planet immediately.
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62. It isn't that we question your data.
The facts are undeniable.
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63. It's your conclusions
we find unsupportable.
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64. This planet will explode
within 30 days, if not sooner.
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65. I tell you, Krypton
is simply shifting its orbit.
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66. Jor-El, be reasonable.
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67. My friend...
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68. I have never been otherwise.
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69. This madness is yours.
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70. This discussion is terminated.
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71. The decision of the council is final.
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72. Any attempt by you to create a climate
of fear and panic among the populace...
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73. must be deemed by us
an act of insurrection.
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74. You would accuse me of insurrection?
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75. Has it now become a crime
to cherish life?
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76. Will you abide by the council's decision?
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77. I will remain silent.
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78. Neither I, nor my wife
will leave Krypton.
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79. Have you finished?
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80. Nearly.
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81. It's the only answer, Lara.
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82. If he remains here with us
he will die as surely as we will.
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83. But why Earth, Jor-El?
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84. They're primitives,
thousands of years behind us.
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85. He will need that advantage to survive.
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86. Their atmosphere will sustain him.
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87. He will defy their gravity.
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88. He will look like one of them.
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89. He won't be one of them.
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90. No.
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91. His dense molecular structure
will make him strong.
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92. He'll be odd. Different.
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93. He'll be fast. Virtually invulnerable.
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94. Isolated, alone.
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95. He will not be alone.
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96. He will never be alone.
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97. You will travel far, my little Kal-El.
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98. But we will never leave you...
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99. even in the face of our deaths.
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100. The richness of our lives,
it will be yours.
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101. All that I have, all that I've learned,
everything I feel...
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102. all this and more...
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103. I bequeath you, my son.
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104. You will carry me inside you
all the days of your life.
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105. You will make my strength your own,
see my life through your eyes...
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106. as your life
will be seen through mine.
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107. The son becomes the father,
and the father the son.
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108. This is all I...
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109. All I can send you...
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110. Kal-El.
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111. —which Einstein called...
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112. his theory of relativity.
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113. Embedded in the crystals before you is
the total accumulation of all literature...
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114. and scientific fact
from dozens of other worlds...
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115. spanning the 28 known galaxies.
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116. Early Chinese writings
point out the complex relationships...
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117. By carrying this complex equation
to its ultimate power, my son...
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118. Chief among these powers
will be your sight...
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119. your strength, your hearing...
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120. your ability to propel yourself
at almost limitless speed.
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121. The early history of our universe was
a bloody mosaic of interplanetary war.
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122. Each of the six galaxies
which you will pass through...
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123. contain their own individual law,
space and time.
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124. It is forbidden for you
to interfere with human history.
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125. What was that?
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126. Now, wouldn't that beat all get-out?
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127. Will you—? You...
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128. Pa...
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129. Oh, my.
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130. All these years,
as happy as we've been...
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131. how I've prayed the good Lord...
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132. see fit to give us a child.
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133. Honey, will you hand me
that rag up there?
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134. You take things easy, Jonathan.
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135. Remember what Doc Frye said
about that heart of yours.
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136. Now, the first thing we've got
to do when we get home is find out...
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137. who that boy's proper family is.
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138. He hasn't got any.
Not around here, anyway.
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139. Martha, are you thinking
what I think you're thinking?
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140. We could say he's the child
of my cousin in North Dakota.
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141. And just now orphaned.
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142. - Oh, Martha.
- Jonathan, he's only a baby.
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143. Martha...
Now, you saw how we found him.
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144. Martha Clark Kent, are you
listening to what I'm saying?
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145. Jonathan!
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146. Come on, gang.
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147. Come on.
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148. Great game, huh?
Next week we'll knock them out.
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149. All right.
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150. Come on, gang, hustle. Let's go.
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151. Stack your helmets neatly.
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152. Remember about those uniforms.
Cleaned and washed by tomorrow...
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153. and looking like a football team.
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154. Clark, have the clothes
washed and ready...
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155. - ... for tomorrow's game.
- Yes, sir.
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156. Got to beat Mount Vernon High!
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157. Can you give me a lift?
Home early!
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158. Lana? Don't bother with these, huh?
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159. I'll take them in with
the other equipment.
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160. - Thank you, Clark.
- Sure.
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161. Listen, a whole bunch of us
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162. play some records...
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163. Would you like to come?
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164. Sure. Sounds like it'd be a lot of fun.
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165. Kent can't make it.
Still got a lot of work to do.
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166. What are you talking about?
I just finished stacking all the—
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167. - All that?
- Oh.
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168. Oh, Brad.
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169. Hey, come on, Lana.
Come on, Lana.
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170. Come on, let's go.
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171. - He's got to clean up.
- Bye, Clark.
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172. - Yeah. Bye, Lana.
- Clean this up, Clark.
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173. Let's go.
Bye, Clark.
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174. We're off to Mary Ellen's.
See you, Clark.
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175. All right.
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176. Bye, Clark.
Bye, Clark.
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177. Bye, Clark. See you tomorrow.
Bye-bye.
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178. Whoo-hoo!
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179. Hey, look. There's Clark.
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180. How come he's here?
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181. Clark.
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182. How'd you get here so fast?
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183. - I ran.
Ran, huh?
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184. Told you he's an oddball.
Let's get out of here.
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185. Been showing off a bit,
haven't you, son?
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186. Uh...
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187. I didn't mean to show off, Pa.
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188. It's just that, guys like that Brad,
I just want to tear them apart.
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189. Yeah. I know.
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190. - Yeah, I know I shouldn't.
- Yeah, I know...
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191. you can do all these amazing things...
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192. and sometimes you think
that you will just go bust...
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193. unless you can tell people about it.
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194. Yeah. I mean, every time
I get the football...
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195. - ... I can make a touchdown. Every time.
- That's for sure.
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196. I mean, is it showing off
if somebody's doing...
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197. the things he's capable of doing?
Is a bird showing off when it flies?
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198. No. No, now you listen to me.
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199. When you first came to us,
we thought people...
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200. would come take you away
because when they found out...
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201. you know, the things you could do,
and that worried us a lot.
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202. Then a man gets older,
and he thinks very differently...
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203. and things get very clear.
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204. And there's one thing I do know, son...
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205. and that is you are here for a reason.
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but whatever the reason...
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207. maybe it's because...
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208. I don't know, it's...
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209. But I do know one thing:
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210. It's not to score touchdowns.
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211. Huh?
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212. Thanks, Dad.
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213. I'll race you to it. Dad.
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214. - You Will, huh?
- Come on. Come on, Pop, run.
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215. Come on. Move. Move.
Yeah, go, go, go. Come on, run.
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219. Jonathan!
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220. Dad.
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222. Jonathan!
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223. No!
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226. And I couldn't even save him.
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227. I have to leave.
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228. I knew this time would come.
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229. We both knew it...
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230. from the day we found you.
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231. I talked to Ben Hubbard yesterday...
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232. and he said that he'd be happy
to help out from now on.
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233. Mother...
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235. I know.
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236. Do you know where you're headed?
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237. North.
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238. Remember us, son.
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239. Always remember us.
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240. My son...
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241. you do not remember me.
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242. I am Jor-El.
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243. I'm your father.
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your 18th year...
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245. as it is measured on Earth.
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I will have been dead...
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247. for many thousands of your years.
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249. that I have,
matters physical and historic...
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250. I've given you fully on your voyage
to your new home.
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251. These are important matters, to be sure,
but still matters of mere fact.
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252. There are questions to be asked.
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253. And it is time for you to do so.
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254. Here in this...
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255. This Fortress of Solitude...
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256. we shall try to find
the answers together.
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257. So, my son...
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259. Who am I?
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260. Your name is Kai-El.
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261. You are the only survivor
of the planet Krypton.
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262. Even though you've been
raised as a human being...
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263. you are not one of them.
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264. You have great powers...
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265. only some of which
you have as yet discovered.
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266. Come with me now, my son...
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267. as we break through the bonds
of your earthly confinement.
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268. Traveling through time and space
in the six known dimensions.
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269. Your powers will far exceed
those of mortal men.
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270. It is forbidden for you to interfere
with human history.
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271. Rather, let your leadership
stir others to.
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272. In this next year, we shall
examine the human heart.
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273. It is more fragile than your own.
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274. For the past two years—
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275. As we pass through the flaming turmoil
which is the edge of your own galaxy...
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276. we'll enter the realm
of the red Krypton sun...
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277. source of your strength
and nourishment...
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278. cause of our eventual destruction.
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279. The planet Krypton, my son.
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280. Your home, as it was.
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281. This year, we shall examine
the various concepts of immortality...
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282. and their basis in actual fact.
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283. The total accumulation of all knowledge,
spanning the 28 known galaxies...
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284. is embedded in the crystals
which I have sent along with you.
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285. Study them well, my son...
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286. and learn from them.
We've reasoned out logical judgments.
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287. By the time you return
to the confines of your galaxy...
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288. twelve of your years
will have passed.
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289. For this reason, among others,
I have chosen Earth for you.
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290. It is now time for you
to rejoin your new world...
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291. and to serve its collective humanity.
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292. Live as one of them, Kai-El...
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293. to discover where your strength
and your power are needed.
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294. Always hold in your heart
the pride of your special heritage.
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295. They can be a great people, Kal-El.
They wish to be.
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296. They only lack the light
to show the way.
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297. For this reason above all,
their capacity for good...
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298. I have sent them you...
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299. my only son.
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300. Okay, this is it, Mac, the Daily Planet.
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301. Fresh fruit. Hey, lady,
how about a tomato?
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302. Fresh fruit.
Hey, baby, how's it going?
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303. Hey, fresh fruit and vegetables.
They're so fresh...
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304. Fresh fruit and vegetables.
Get them while they're hot.
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305. Look at these tomatoes.
Aren't they beautiful?
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306. He did a great job.
You see his article this morning?
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307. Smile.
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308. - How many T's in "bloodletting"?
- Two.
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309. - What are you writing, Miss Lane'?
- An ode to spring.
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310. - How do you spell "massacre"?
- Uh...
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311. - M-A-S-S-A-C-R-E.
- A... C...
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312. R-E. Thank you.
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313. Golly, how come you get
all the great stories?
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314. A good reporter doesn't
get great stories, Jimmy.
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315. - A good reporter makes them great.
- Makes them great.
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316. Here's that story
on the East Side murder.
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317. I see it as a banner headline,
front page, maybe my picture—
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318. There's only one P in "rapist."
Lois Lane, say hello to Clark Kent.
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319. - Told you one P.
- Hello, Miss Lane. How are—?
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320. Remember my expose
on the sex and drug orgies...
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321. in the senior citizens' home?
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322. How you doing?
Jimmy Olsen, photographer.
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323. - Oh, hi. Clark Kent. Nice to meet you.
- Yeah.
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324. It's got everything. It's got sex,
violence, the ethnic angle—
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325. So does a lady wrestler
with a foreign accent.
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326. - Kent, can you open this?
- Oh, sure, Mr. White.
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by Lois Lane.
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329. We get psychologists, sociologists—
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330. Lois, you're pushing a bunch
of rinky-dink tabloid garbage.
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331. - The Daily Planet has a tradition—
- Oh, I'm sorry.
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332. Gosh, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to shake it up like that.
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333. Oh, of course not, Lois.
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334. Why would anyone want to make
a total stranger look like a fool?
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335. - I'll take that.
- Oh, thank— I'm sorry, Mr. White.
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336. Olsen, why am I paying you when
I should have you arrested for loitering?
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337. - Go get Mr... A towel.
- Kent.
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338. - Move, kid, move.
- Right, chief.
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339. - Make mine black, no sugar.
- Right, chief.
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340. - And don't call me sugar.
- "Blood is in Metropolis...
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341. - Right, sugar.
- ... while the crocuses bloom."
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I'll take tea with lemon.
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out to meet everybody, huh?
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344. Just introduce him around.
He's starting with the paper today.
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345. I'm giving him the city beat.
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346. Chief, that's my beat.
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347. Lois, Clark Kent may seem like just
a mild-mannered reporter, but listen...
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his editor in chief with respect...
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punchy prose style...
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business, the fastest typist I've seen.
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351. - That's great.
- Excuse me. I'm sorry.
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352. Here, you forgot my article.
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353. Oh, excuse me, Mr. White?
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you could arrange for half my salary...
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on a weekly basis.
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356. - Your bookie, right?
- My what?
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357. Don't tell me, he sends a check every
week to his sweet, gray-haired mother.
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358. Actually, she's silver-haired.
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359. I'll see what I can do.
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360. Thank you very much, Mr. White.
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361. Excuse me.
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366. - Well, get yourself a desk over here.
- Over here?
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367. Yeah, right here.
There are some papers in a pile—
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369. Yeah. It's fantastic.
So you—?
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370. - I met this really great guy.
- Hey, fabulous.
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371. Yeah, fabulous.
I met him at this dude ranch.
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372. - Did—? I used to ride.
- Yeah, I haven't been since I was 7.
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373. - Oh, I gotta mail these letters.
- Okay, bye. Good luck tonight.
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374. - Oh, hi, Clark.
- Hi, Lois.
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376. Well, frankly, the hours
were sort of longer than I expected...
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377. but on the whole, I mean, meeting you
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379. - Swell?
- Yeah.
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380. You know, Clark, there are
very few people left in the world...
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382. - What word?
- "Swell
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it was kind of natural.
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384. Ooh!
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385. - I'm sorry.
- Clark.
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386. It's all right.
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387. - Sorry, Lois.
- Oh, hi, Rex.
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388. - Oh, Lois.
- See anything good today?
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389. - Not until you came along.
- Lois?
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390. - Oh, Rex, this is—
- Clark Kent.
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391. - Yeah, hi, see you around.
- Bye.
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392. - Lois?
- Hey, where you going?
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393. - Can I help you with your coat?
- Oh, yeah. Thanks.
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394. - So you like Mr. White.
- I thought he was a nice guy.
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395. - Jimmy Olsen was fantastic.
Hey, come here.
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396. Come on, come on. Get in here.
Hurry up. Come on.
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397. - We'd better get out of here.
- I think we'd better do what he says.
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398. Come on, come on. Get in here.
- Don't do anything.
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399. That's it.
- We're coming.
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400. - Come on.
- We're coming. Excuse me.
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- Here?
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402. Please don't point that at me, sir.
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403. - You could hurt somebody with that.
- Yeah, yeah.
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- Just a minute, mister.
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408. You know something, buddy? You're
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He doesn't really want to hurt anybody.
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411. - Right after I rip off this lady's purse.
- Of course.
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413. Lois, I think maybe you better...
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414. Lois, what are you doing?
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415. Clark! Clark.
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416. Clark, are you all right? Clark!
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417. What happened?
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418. Golly. I guess I must have fainted.
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419. Fainted?
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420. - You fainted?
- Sorry.
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421. Swell.
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422. Really, Lois, supposing that man
had shot you?
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423. Is it worth risking your life over $10, two
credit cards, a hairbrush, and a lipstick?
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424. - How did you know that?
- Know what?
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425. You just described the exact contents
of my purse.
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426. Hm.
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427. Um, wild guess.
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428. Taxi!
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429. - Hey.
- Hi, Otis.
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430. - So, what's happening, partner?
- Look what we got.
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431. - Let's take him.
- Wait a minute.
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432. Maybe he'll lead us
to the big man himself.
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433. - Lex Luthor?
- You got it, Armus.
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434. We'll make captain by midnight.
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435. Hey, what do you read?
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436. XK-101 rocket to be used.
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437. Hey, what do you read?
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438. - Hey, Matt.
- Hey, hey, Otis.
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439. Just getting the Daily Planet here.
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440. Hey, what do you read?
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441. Down, down.
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442. Okay, OWN-
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443. Okay. All right. See, I'm paying him.
I got a pretzel too.
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444. Thanks, Otis. Okay.
How many did he take, Shutzy?
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445. This is Metropolis 46. We're on foot.
Over and out.
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446. Let's go.
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447. Your attention, please.
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448. Your attention, please.
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449. The Metropolis Flyer is now
ready for departure...
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450. on the upper level, track six,
stopping at New Rochelle.
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451. All right, he's going down to the
train platform. I'm going after him.
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452. Okay, Harry. I'll call for backup.
Be careful, now.
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453. - All right, Armus, all right.
All aboard, please.
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454. Now boarding on the lower level—
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455. Ten minutes, folks.
Come on, air-conditioned cars.
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456. Mount Vernon, Poughkeepsie,
Glen Corners.
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457. Aboard now. All aboard.
Metropolis Transportation.
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458. Metropolis Transportation.
Buffalo, Syracuse.
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459. Smoking cars are forward.
Move along, now.
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460. Put your luggage up the top-
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461. Smoking cars forward.
All aboard. Boarding.
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462. Armus, Armus, make it track 22.
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463. I seen him, and I'm right on him.
Lower level, track 22.
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464. So that's it.
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465. It's amazing that brain can generate
enough power to keep those legs moving.
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466. Ah!
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467. Harry.
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468. Harry, where are you? Harry.
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469. Oh, no.
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470. Harry...
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471. Sick.
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472. - Sick. You're really sick.
- Sick, Miss Teschmacher?
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473. Sick, when I'm mere days from
executing the crime of the century?
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474. No,no, no.
Step away from that, please.
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475. How do you choose to congratulate
the greatest criminal mind of our time?
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476. Do you tell me that I'm brilliant?
Oh, no, no.
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477. That would be too obvious, I grant you.
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478. Charismatic. Fiendishly gifted.
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479. Try "twisted."
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480. Get away from there.
Get away, get away, get away!
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481. Tell me something, Lex.
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482. Why do so many people have to die
for the crime of the century?
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483. Why? You ask why?
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484. Why does the phone always ring
when you're in the bathtub?
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485. Why is the most brilliantly
diabolical leader of our time...
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486. surrounding himself
with total nincompoops?
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487. I'm back, Mr. Luthor.
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488. Yes, I was just talking about you.
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489. You were followed again.
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490. In spite of those catlike reflexes.
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491. Mr. Luthor. Mr. Luthor, I'm sorry.
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492. Otis.
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493. Is that the newspaper
I asked you to get me?
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494. Yeah.
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495. Why am I not reading it?
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496. Because I haven't given it to you yet?
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497. Right.
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498. At last, it's official.
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499. Thanks to the government,
we will pull off...
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500. the greatest real-estate swindle
of all time.
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501. Lex, what is this obsession
with real estate?
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502. All the time, "land, land, land."
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503. Miss Teschmacher, when I was
6 years old, my father said to me—
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504. "Get out."
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505. Before that. He said,
"Son, stocks may rise and fall.
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506. Utilities and transportation systems
may collapse.
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507. People are no damn good.
But they will always need land...
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508. and they'll pay through the nose
to get it."
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509. "Remember," my father said...
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510. - Land.
- Right.
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511. It's a pity that he didn't see
from such humble beginnings...
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512. how I've created this empire.
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513. An empire? This?
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514. Miss Teschmacher,
how many girls do you know...
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515. who have a Park Avenue address
like this one?
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516. Park Avenue address?
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517. Two hundred feet below.
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518. Do you realize what people
are shelling out up there...
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519. for a few miserable rooms
off a common elevator?
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520. What more could anyone ask?
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521. - Olsen!
Yeah?
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522. Get this Loch Ness update
right into Composing.
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523. Yeah? No, that's it, Roth.
Put it to bed. Right.
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524. - What are you standing around here for?
- I'm not—
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525. - I wasn't gonna say it.
- Go.
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526. - Ah, the sex maniac profile.
- Right.
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527. Look, 9-5 it's a Pulitzer Prize winner.
What do you bet?
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528. There's no Z in "brassiere."
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529. Hey, nice job
on that union scandal, Kent.
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530. Well, gosh, thanks, Mr. White.
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531. Uh...
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532. Oh, hi, Clark. Good night.
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533. - Here, let me carry that for you.
- Oh, thanks a lot.
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534. Lois, have you got a minute?
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535. Excuse me, please. Lois?
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536. And these two go to the addresses
on the envelope, okay?
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537. Lois, I was wondering if you
would like to have dinner with me?
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538. - Gosh, Clark, I'm sorry. I'm booked.
- Oh.
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539. Air Force One's landing at the airport
and this kid's there...
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540. to make sure you-know-who answers
a few questions he'd rather duck.
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541. - My goodness, don't you ever let up?
- What for?
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542. I've seen how the other half lives.
My sister, for instance.
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543. Three kids, two cats,
and one mortgage. Yech!
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544. I would go bananas in a week.
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545. Oh, can I take you to the airport?
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546. Not unless you can fly.
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547. - Clark? Ladies.
- Sorry.
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548. - Change my clothes. Thank you. Bye.
- Hey, Lois, maybe we could—?
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549. Um...
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550. Lois?
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551. - Would you be a pet and mail that?
- Oh, sure— Good night.
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552. Oh. Going down, please. Going down.
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553. - Going down?
Going up, up, up.
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554. Good night.
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555. MAN".
Daily Planet Copter One, this is ground.
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556. Planet One, go ahead.
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557. We have Miss Lane here for a ride to
Metropolis Airport to meet Air Force One.
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558. Roger, we're on our way
and have you in sight.
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559. Have one aboard for transfer, over.
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560. Roger, Planet One. You're cleared.
Wind, 0-2-0 at 1-5, gusting.
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561. - Altimeter 2-niner-8-niner.
- Roger, over and out.
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562. A malfunction. Can't get liftoff.
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563. You hooked the tail.
- What's happening?
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564. - Ah!
- Set it down.
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565. Oh, my God! We've lost stabilizer
rotor control, I can't hold it!
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566. I can't hold it! I can't hold it!
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567. Wake up!
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568. Help!
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569. Help! Help!
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570. Come on, step back. Step back, folks.
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571. All right, let's get back a little.
Move over across the street.
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572. Bring the cameras over here. Okay.
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573. Okay, you see the helicopter up there?
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574. Help me!
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575. All right, move back.
Let the ambulance through.
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576. There's somebody in there!
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577. Help me!
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578. Okay. Come on, hold it. Get back.
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579. Come on. Come on, get off the streets.
Come on, get back.
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580. Move, let the firemen through.
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581. Boys, come on, now. Make a line.
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582. Move to the other side of the street.
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583. Come on. Get along.
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584. Get away from the building.
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585. Hold these crowds back. Move. Move.
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586. Help me!
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587. - Say, Jim, whoa!
- Excuse me.
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588. That's a bad outfit.
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589. - Whoo!
- Okay, Bresslaw, move these people out.
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590. Oh, God, look up there.
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591. What the hell's that?
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592. - Oh!
- Easy, miss. I've got you.
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593. You— You've got me?
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594. Who's got you?
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595. I can't believe it. I just cannot believe it.
He got her.
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596. Gentlemen, this man needs help.
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597. Well, I certainly hope this little incident
hasn't put you off flying, miss.
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598. Statistically speaking, of course,
it's still the safest way to travel.
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599. Right. Wait.
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600. Who are you?
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601. A friend.
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602. Bye.
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603. Hi there. Something wrong
with the elevator?
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604. Ah!
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605. Going down.
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606. Nah...
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607. Officer.
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608. Good evening, Officer Mooney.
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609. Well, they say confession
is good for the soul.
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610. I'd listen to this man.
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611. Take him away.
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612. Come on. Let's get out of here.
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613. Move your ass. Come on. Come on.
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614. Okay, let's go. Let's go.
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615. Drop your weapons.
Drop your weapons.
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616. Come on, let's get out of here.
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617. Okay, hold it. Hold it right there.
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618. - Freeze, you turkeys.
Don't shoot.
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619. Be cool. You got us.
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620. Bad vibrations?
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621. Sergeant, you don't believe me.
I swear, flying.
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622. With a big red cape
and bright red boots, as well.
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623. - Watch the desk.
- Quick as a wink, he was gone.
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624. Flew up in the air again, he did,
like a big blue bird.
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625. - A blue bird...
- You don't believe me.
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626. - ... with bright red boots.
- Flying.
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627. Take off, go back to Murphy's bar.
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628. - Continue what you started.
- Don't believe me.
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629. I'll be off in a few minutes
and I'll meet you there myself.
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630. Mooney, the first bottle's on me.
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631. Let me get my hat.
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632. Hey, Frisky,
will you come down from there.
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633. Hi. I'll get him.
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634. Come on. It's all right.
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635. Here you go, miss.
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636. - Gee, thanks, mister.
- Well...
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637. goodbye, Frisky. So long, now.
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638. - Bye.
- Bye.
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639. Mommy, Mommy,
Frisky was stuck in the tree.
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640. This man swooped out of the sky
and gave him to me.
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641. Haven't I told you to stop telling lies?
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642. Metropolis Airport,
this is Air Force One.
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643. - Could we have the weather report?
Roger, Air Force One.
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644. Metropolis, currently
ceiling 500 overcast.
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645. 700 broken,
visibility one half and showers.
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646. Wind 2-4-0 at 2-5,
altimeter niner-niner-eight.
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647. Roger.
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648. Well, it doesn't look too good.
What do you think?
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649. - What the hell was that?
- What happened?
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650. - You lost power in number one.
- Lost power? We lost the whole engine.
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651. - Shut down one.
- Pull one throttle closed.
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652. - Bring up 2 and 3.
- There's not enough pressure...
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653. Mayday, mayday, Metropolis tower.
Air Force One.
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654. We have lost port outboard engine
and part of wing.
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655. Request emergency landing.
What's the position?
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656. Ten miles southwest
of Metropolis Airport.
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657. - Notify them the president's on board.
- Position...
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658. 10 miles southwest
Metropolis Airport.
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659. Heading 3-0-5. Height, 6000 feet.
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660. What the hell happened?
We got our engine back?
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661. What the hell's going on out there?
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662. Fly. Don't look. Just fly.
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663. We got something.
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664. I ain't saying what it is. Just trust me.
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665. Reports are coming in of
a miraculous saving...
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666. - ... of Air Force One...
- A burglar was apprehended...
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667. - ... by a man in a blue suit and red cape.
- ... rescuing Miss Lois Lane...
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668. writer on the Daily Planet,
with one hand, and a...
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669. —some sort of fantastic hoax.
Your guess is as good as anybody's.
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670. True or false, miracle or fraud?
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671. - The answer to that...
Miss Teschmacher!
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672. Turn it off.
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673. Lex, what's the story on this guy?
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674. Do you think he's the genuine article?
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675. - If he is, he's not from this world.
- Why?
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676. If any human being were gonna
perpetrate such a fantastic hoax...
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677. it would have been me.
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678. Otis! My robe!
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679. Right away, Mr. Luthor.
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680. It all fits somehow,
his coming here to Metropolis...
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681. and at this particular time.
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682. There's kind of a cruel justice about it.
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683. To commit the crime of the century...
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684. a man would just naturally want to
face the challenge of the century.
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685. Listen, Mr. Luthor, maybe this guy that
flies is just sort of passing through.
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686. - You know?
- Passing through?
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687. Not on your life, Otis...
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688. which I would gladly sacrifice,
by the way...
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689. for the opportunity of destroying
everything that he represents.
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690. And, Otis, by the way, the next time
put my robe on...
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691. after I'm out of the pool.
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692. Now look. The Post: "it flies."
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693. The News: "Look, Ma, no wires."
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694. The Times: "Blue bomb buzzes
Metropolis."
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695. The Planet:
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696. We have the story of the century here.
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697. I want the name of
this whatchamacallit...
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698. to go with the Planet
like bacon and eggs...
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699. franks and beans, death and taxes,
politics and corruption.
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700. I don't think he would lend himself to
any cheap promotion schemes, Mr. White.
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701. Exactly how would you know that,
Kent?
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702. Um...
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703. Just a first impression.
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704. Who's talking cheap?
I'll make him partner if I have to.
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705. - Right?
- Right, chief.
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706. I want the real story.
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707. I want the inside dope on this guy.
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708. Has he got a family? Where does he live?
What does the S stand for...
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709. "Tonight at eight. Your place.
Hopefully. A friend.
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710. How does he fly?
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711. A friend."
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712. Tony, who is he?
Mike, what's his name?
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713. What's he got hidden under
that cape? Batteries?
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714. Why did he show up last night?
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715. Dick, where does he come from?
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716. Does he have a girlfriend?
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717. What's his favorite ball team, Kent?
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718. Now, listen to me.
I tell you, boys and girls...
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719. whichever one of you
gets it out of him...
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720. is gonna wind up with
the single most important interview...
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721. since God talked to Moses.
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722. What are you standing around about for?
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723. Move. Get on that story.
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724. "Eight o'clock," he says. 8:00, 8:00.
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725. Some friend.
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726. The story of my life.
Cinderella bites the dust.
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727. Good evening, Miss Lane.
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728. Uh, hi.
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729. Oh, I'm sorry,
did you have plans this evening?
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730. Oh. Oh, this old thing— No.
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731. - It's no trouble...
- No.
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732. - ... to come later.
- Don't move!
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733. Um... Or...
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734. Sure, you can move.
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735. Just don't fly away, all right?
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736. Sorry to drop in on you like this,
Miss Lane...
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737. but there must be a lot
of questions about me...
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738. - ... that people would like answers to.
- Of course, yes.
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739. You really shouldn't smoke,
you know, Miss Lane.
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740. Don't tell me. Lung cancer, right?
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741. Well, not yet, thank goodness.
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742. Would you like a glass of wine?
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743. No, thanks. I never drink when I fly.
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744. Nice place.
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745. Oh, thank you. Thank you.
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746. Should we get started
with the interview?
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747. Oh. Thank you.
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748. Well, let's start with your vital statistics.
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749. Are you married?
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750. No. No, I'm not.
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751. Do you have a girlfriend?
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752. No, I don't, but if I did, Miss Lane,
you'd be the first to know about it.
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753. Um, how old are you?
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754. - Over 21.
- Oh, I get it.
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755. You don't want anyone to
know how old— Okay.
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756. How big are you? How tall are you?
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757. - About six-four.
- Six-foot-four.
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758. - And how much do you weigh?
- Around 2, 225.
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759. TWO— 225?
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760. Hm.
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761. Well, I assume, then, that...
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762. the rest of your bodily functions
are normal?
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763. Sorry. I beg your pardon?
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764. Well, putting it delicately...
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765. do you...
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766. - ... eat?
- Yes. Yes, I do. When I'm hungry.
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767. You do. Of course you do.
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768. Well. Well, then, is it true...
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769. that you can see through anything?
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770. Yes, I can. Well, pretty much.
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771. And that you're totally
impervious to pain?
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772. Well, so far.
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773. What color underwear am I wearing?
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774. Hm.
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775. - I'm sorry. I embarrassed you, didn't I?
- No.
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776. - I did.
- No, no. Not at all.
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777. It's just that this planter must be
made of lead.
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778. - Yes, it is. So?
- Oh, you see, I...
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779. I sort of have a problem
seeing through lead.
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780. Oh, that's interesting.
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781. "Problems seeing through lead."
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782. - Do you have a first name?
- What, like "Ralph" or something?
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783. - No. I mean like—
- Pink.
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784. - Huh?
- Pink.
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785. I'm sorry, Miss Lane.
I didn't mean to embarrass you.
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786. You didn't embarrass me.
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787. Um... Uh...
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788. What's your background?
Where do you hail from?
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789. Well, that's kind of
hard to explain, actually.
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790. You see, I'm from...
Well, pretty far away.
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791. Another galaxy, as a matter of fact.
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792. - I come from a planet called Krypton.
- Huh?
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793. Krypton.
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794. Oh, Cripton. With a C-R-|...? No.
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795. No, actually, it's Krypton,
with a K-R-Y-P-T-O-N.
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796. K-R-Y... Do you like pink?
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797. I like pink very much, Lois.
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798. 'Why are you—?
- I'm sorry?
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799. I mean, why are you here? There
must be a reason for you to be here.
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800. Yes. I'm here to fight for truth
and justice and the American way.
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801. You're gonna end up fighting
every elected official in this country.
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802. I'm sure you don't really mean that, Lois.
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803. I don't believe this.
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804. - Lois?
- Hm?
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805. I never lie.
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806. Oh.
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807. Um...
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808. Uh— Oh.
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809. - Just how fast do you fly, by the way?
- I don't know, really.
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810. You know, I never actually
bothered to time myself.
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811. - No?
'Say...
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812. why don't we find out?
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813. And how do you propose we do that?
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814. Take a ride with me?
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815. You mean I can fly?
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816. Actually, I'd be handling the flying,
if that's okay.
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817. - This is utterly fantastic.
- Wait a minute. Where are you going?
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818. - Are you serious?
- Sure.
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819. What's the matter, don't want to go?
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820. Okay. You don't need these.
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821. I need a sweater.
It must be kind of cold.
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822. You'll be warm enough.
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823. - Ready?
- Clark...
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824. said that you're just a figment
of somebody's imagination...
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825. like Peter Pan.
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826. Clark. Who's that, your boyfriend?
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827. Clark? Oh, Clark. No, he's nothing.
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828. - He's just a—
- Peter Pan, huh?
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829. Uh-huh.
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830. Peter Pan flew with children, Lois.
In a fairy tale.
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831. Ah!
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832. Can you read my mind?
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833. Do you know what it is
that you do to me?
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834. I don't know who you are.
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835. Just a friend from another star.
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836. Here I am, like a kid out of school...
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837. holding hands with a god.
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838. I'm a fool.
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839. Will you look at me, quivering.
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840. Like a little girl, shivering.
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841. You can see right through me.
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842. Can you read my mind?
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843. Can you picture
the things I'm thinking of?
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844. Wondering why you are...
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845. all the wonderful things you are.
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846. You can fly.
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847. You belong in the sky.
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848. You and I...
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849. could belong to each other.
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850. If you need a friend...
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851. I'm the one to fly to.
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852. If you need to be loved...
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853. here I am.
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854. Read my mind.
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855. Oh, we forgot to time ourselves.
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856. Uh-huh.
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857. Oh, well, maybe next time.
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858. Oh.
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859. - You okay?
- Uh-huh.
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860. Well, good night.
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861. Oh, good night.
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862. What a super man.
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863. "Superman."
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864. Lois? Lois?
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865. Anybody home? Hello? Lois?
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866. - Hi. Can I come in?
- Oh, yeah.
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867. Lois, for goodness' sake,
did you even hear me knocking?
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868. Uh-huh.
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869. Lois, we did have
a date tonight, remember?
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870. Oh.
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871. - Lois? You haven't been:
- Oh, no, no.
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872. Well, I should certainly hope not.
Well, let's push off, shall we?
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873. - I'd better get a coat.
- Okay.
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874. It might be kind of cold out.
No, I mean...
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875. I need a purse, and I have to
fix my hair, and...
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876. put some blush on...
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877. Lois...
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878. there's something I have to tell you.
I'm really—
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879. Um, I mean, I was, at first,
really nervous about tonight.
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880. But then I decided, well, darn it, I was
gonna show you the time of your life.
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881. That's Clark, nice.
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882. I was thinking maybe we could
go for a hamburger, or...
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883. Now, then...
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884. given the exact location
of the galaxy that he mentions...
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885. and the proximity to our
own solar system...
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886. it's amazing.
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887. Amazing. Too good to be true.
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888. It's too good to be true.
He's 6'4", has black hair...
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889. blue eyes, doesn't drink,
doesn't smoke and tells the truth.
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890. Miss Teschmacher, some people
read War and Peace...
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891. and come away thinking
it's a simple adventure story.
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892. Others can read the ingredients
on a chewing gum wrapper...
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893. and unlock the secrets of the universe.
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894. Lex, what has chewing gum got to do
with the secrets of the universe?
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895. Right. Right, Miss Teschmacher.
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896. N, N, N...
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897. M. You want M, Mr. Luthor?
Coming right up.
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898. So there you go. M.
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899. M, as in "moron," Otis?
No, no, no. It's N!
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900. N, as in "Neanderthal,"
"nincompoop,"nitwit."
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901. - And L, as in "ladder"!
- Ladder, Mr. Luthor. Coming right up.
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902. I didn't see, because I...
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903. I'm sorry, Mr. Luthor. I— Ooh!
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904. In the interview, he says that
the planet Krypton...
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905. exploded in 1948.
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906. Ridiculous little freak took three years
in a rocket ship to get to Earth.
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907. - Ergo...
- Ergo. Ergo, 1948, three years...
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908. He's 6'4", you know that?
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909. Do you know why the number 200
is so vitally descriptive...
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910. to both you and me?
It's your weight and my IQ.
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911. Now, think, people, think.
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912. Deductive reasoning,
that's the name of the game.
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913. Fragments from the planet Krypton
exploded and went into outer space.
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914. It is reasonable to assume
that some of those particles of debris...
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915. drifted to Earth.
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916. Meteorites.
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917. Voilà!
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918. Voilà.
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919. Voilà.
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920. A meteorite found in Addis Ababa?
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921. Uh, I know I'm gonna get rapped
in the mouth for this, but so what?
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922. So what? You mean, to us
they are just meteorites.
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923. Fair enough. But the level
of specific radioactivity is so high...
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924. to anyone from the planet Krypton,
this substance is lethal.
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925. Wait a minute, Mr. Luthor.
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926. You mean fire and bullets
can't hurt this guy, but this stuff here...
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927. Will kill him.
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928. - Oh.
- Oh.
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929. Yeah, wow...
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930. Doesn't it give you kind of a...
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931. a shudder of electricity through you
to be in the same room with me?
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932. Not like the one you'll get
when you try to lay that rock on him.
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933. He can see you coming from miles
with those super peepers of his.
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934. Oh, Lord, you gave them eyes,
but they cannot see.
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935. Nor can Superman, through lead.
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936. He can't see through lead.
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937. And kryptonite will destroy him.
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938. - Any questions, class?
- Wow.
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939. Wonder what they're wearing
in Addis Ababa.
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940. - Looks like a burnoose, a wraparound.
There's gold, 24 karat...
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941. Are we going to Addis Ababa?
- ... not 18 karat gold.
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942. Mother Bird to missile convoy. Over.
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943. MAN'.
Missile convoy to Mother Bird, go ahead.
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944. Everything looks good. See you at base.
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945. - Over and out.
- Roger, Mother Bird. Over and out.
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946. Man, look at this.
Whoo-wee. Looks pretty bad.
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947. Think she's dead?
Better check her pulse.
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948. All right, get an ambulance down here.
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949. I don't wanna hold this convoy up
more than I have to.
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950. She's having trouble breathing, sir.
What do you think?
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951. Well, I suggest
vigorous chest massage.
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952. If that doesn't work, mouth-to-mouth.
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953. Yes, sir.
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954. Sergeant, I won't have one of my men
doing anything I wouldn't do myself.
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955. - Yeah, but, sir—
- Get an ambulance.
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956. All right, men. Gather around.
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957. About face!
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958. L-li-
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959. Somebody hurt?
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960. Ah.
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961. I did it. I did it, Mr. Luthor,
Miss Teschmacher.
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962. - I did it, just like you told me.
- All right, Otis. All right.
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963. All right, Otis. Listen,
it isn't that I don't trust you, but...
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964. I don't trust you, Otis.
What did you do?
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965. Well, I— I set the first...
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966. directional vector to 38...
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967. the second one to 67,
and the third one to 117.
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968. - What about the fourth one?
- What fourth one?
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969. Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute.
The third one to 117?
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970. Yes. See? I wrote it down, Mr. Luthor.
I wrote it—
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971. Otis. Otis!
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972. The third one was supposed to be 11,
and the fourth one, seven.
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973. Oh. Well, gee, Mr. Luthor.
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974. Oh, I see. I guess my arm
wasn't long enough, see?
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975. Otis, would you like to see a long arm?
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976. Otis, would you like to see
a very, very long arm?
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977. - Oh, no, Mr. Luthor.
- Otis. Otis!
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978. Ah!
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979. - All right, get it right, will you?
- Yes, Mr. Luthor.
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980. McDonald, I thought you told me
this road was blocked off.
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981. - Jablonski, you said it was blocked.
- I didn't ask him, I asked you.
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982. All right, follow me. Follow me, men.
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983. - Back that thing off the road.
- Back that thing up out of here.
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984. You fellas get back into that thing
and back it off the road.
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985. We got a convoy coming through here.
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986. Listen, you're gonna have to circle back.
I don't have time to argue.
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987. Heck of a day, isn't it?
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988. We took the wrong turn.
We were looking for Route 12.
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989. - Route 12? That's back there, isn't it?
- No, sir. It's up there.
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990. - Sergeant, we took the wrong route.
- I'm a lieutenant, a naval officer.
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991. Shut up!
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992. Route 12 is back that way.
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993. This man is a diabetic.
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994. As you know, my newspaper,
the Daily Planet...
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995. is very interested in that darn,
but what I don't understand...
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996. is why you'd sell out
to a person you've never met.
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997. I mean, you don't even
know his name. Oh, yeah.
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998. At the stupid- high price he offered...
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999. for this worthless piece of desert,
I hope it's Custer.
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1000. Perfect.
That's just what I need, thank you.
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1001. Reporting live from the launch site,
ground zero.
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1002. Well, today marks an historic occasion.
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1003. Two XK 101 rockets
will be launched simultaneously...
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1004. one by the Army and by the Navy.
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1005. Hi, everybody. Has anybody
seen Lois around today?
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1006. No, I haven't, but the chief
wants to see you.
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1007. You're blocking the set, Clark.
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1008. Sorry, Gil. How's Judy today, okay?
Good? Great.
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1009. - Excuse me, Mr. White?
- Come in, Kent.
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1010. You wanted to see me?
Sir, have you seen Lois anywhere today?
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1011. She's out west looking into
a land fraud deal.
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1012. Sent young Olsen with her
on his first assignment.
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1013. Some unidentified clown out there
is buying up thousands of acres...
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1014. of worthless desert
at incredible prices.
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1015. That doesn't seem to make sense.
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1016. The world doesn't make sense.
You ought to know that by now.
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1017. Look at this dispatch
from Addis Ababa.
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1018. People break into a museum
at night, kill two people...
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1019. and what do they take?
A worthless piece of meteorite.
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1020. - How do you figure that?
- Well...
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1021. frankly, I've never been able
to understand violence in any form.
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1022. I know that about you, Kent. That's one
of the reasons I wanted to talk to you.
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1023. I've been in this news game 40 years,
man and boy.
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1024. And I got where I am
with guts, compassion...
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1025. elbow grease and something
you're sadly lacking in, son.
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1026. - Humility?
- No, not humility.
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1027. You got bags of humility.
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1028. Aggression, confidence,
that's the ticket.
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1029. Take charge. Let people know
who you are.
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1030. This is Lex Luthor.
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1031. Only one thing with less than four legs
can hear this frequency, Superman: You.
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1032. In approximately five minutes,
a poison gas pellet...
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1033. containing propane-lithium
compound...
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1034. will be released through
the city's air ducts...
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1035. effectively annihilating
half the population of Metropolis.
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1036. I was a reporter before
most of my friends were copy boys.
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1037. I want you to do that.
Get Lois to introduce you to Superman.
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1038. Find out who he is. What's he like?
Where'd he get that blue suit?
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1039. Did he have it made?
Is it silk? Is it plastic?
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1040. I know it all seems a bit much,
but how else was I going to meet you?
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1041. I knew you'd never accept
an invitation to tea.
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1042. But a disaster, with people in danger,
people who need help...
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1043. well, I just knew you couldn't resist
the chance to sort of pitch in.
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1044. Know what I mean?
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1045. It's Superman.
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1046. Look.
Oh, my God!
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1047. LEX'. There's a strong streak of good
in you, Superman...
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1048. but then, nobody's perfect.
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1049. Almost nobody.
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1050. - What the—?
- Oh, Superman.
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1051. - Gee.
- Stand back, please. Stand back.
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1052. Nothing to get worried about.
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1053. Well, don't just sit there. Get out.
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1054. I think he's coming, Mr. Luthor.
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1055. He's definitely coming, Mr. Luthor.
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1056. It's open. Come in.
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1057. My attorney will be in touch with you
about the damage to the door.
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1058. Otis, take the gentleman's cape.
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1059. - I don't think he wants me to, Mr. Luthor.
- Luthor, where's the gas pellet?
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1060. Somewhere...
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1061. in the back of my mind, actually.
It's a little idea I was toying with.
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1062. Is that how your warped brain gets its
kicks? Planning the death of innocents?
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1063. No, by causing the death
of innocent people.
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1064. Fire.
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1065. Navy Bird, we have a launch.
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1066. Navy missile, XK 101.
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1067. Angle of attack is perfect.
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1068. - Climbing fast.
MAN 2'. Hydraulics, general function.
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1069. Now, as you may or may not know,
I am, as they say...
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1070. very heavy into real estate.
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1071. To make money in that game, you have
to buy for a little and sell for a lot, right?
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1072. - Right.
- Right.
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1073. So the problem:
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1074. How to make land more valuable
between the time you buy it...
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1075. and the time you sell it.
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1076. Now, this is California, the richest,
most populous state in the union.
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1077. I don't need a geography lesson
from you, Luthor.
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1078. Oh, yes, of course, you've been there.
I do forget, you get around, don't you?
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1079. - Where was I?
- California.
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1080. California, right. The San Andreas Fault.
Maybe you've heard of it?
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1081. Yes. It's the joining of two land masses.
The fault line is unstable...
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1082. which is why you get earthquakes
in California.
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1083. Wonderful.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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1084. Everything west of this line
is the richest real estate in the world.
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1085. San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco.
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1086. Everything on this side is just hundreds
of miles of worthless desert land...
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1087. which happens to be owned by...
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1088. Lex Luthor, Incorporated.
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1089. Now, call me foolish,
call me irresponsible...
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1090. It occurs to me
that a 500-megaton bomb...
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1091. “planted at just the proper point,
would...
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1092. Would destroy most of California.
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1093. Millions of innocent people would die.
The West Coast as we know it would—
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1094. Fall into the sea. Bye-bye, California.
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1095. Hello, new West Coast.
My West Coast.
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1096. Costa del Lex, Luthorville,
Marina del Lex, Otisburg—
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1097. - Otisburg?
- Miss Teschmacher...
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1098. - ... she's got her own place, Mr.--
- Otisburg?
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1099. - It's a little-bitty place.
- Otisburg?
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1100. Okay. I'll just wipe it off, that's all.
It's a little town.
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1101. You're a dreamer, Lex Luthor.
A sick, twisted dreamer.
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1102. Your plan couldn't possibly work.
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1103. I'll admit there were a few problems.
Adjusting the trajectory of the missile...
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1104. finding the optimum stress point
for the fault line itself.
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1105. Which, by the way,
is target zero, right...
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1106. here.
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1107. Ooh.
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1108. - What's happening, lieutenant?
- Trajectory malfunction, sir.
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1109. - Then abort.
- Yes, sir.
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1110. Function negative, sir.
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1111. - Can't you knock them down?
- Absolutely impossible, sir.
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1112. They have the new B-20 low-level
avoidance systems.
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1113. Get me the Pentagon.
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1114. Well, what do you think, Supe baby?
Interesting?
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1115. - Your theory's quite impressive, Luthor.
- Otis, would you go to the viewing room?
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1116. But as for the rest,
it's nothing but a sick fantasy.
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1117. Fantasy? No. No.
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1118. It's history. It's happening, Superman.
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1119. Miss Teschmacher!
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1120. - Yes, Lex?
- Where's the rocket now?
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1121. It's going like a bat over the
Grand Canyon. So is the other one.
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1122. The other one? There's two of them?
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1123. Yeah, Superman. Double jeopardy.
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1124. Even you, with your great speed,
couldn't stop both of them.
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1125. While I, on the other hand,
could stop them with my detonator.
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1126. All right, Luthor. Where is it?
Where's the detonator?
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1127. You diseased maniac.
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1128. Did you really think you could hide it
from me by encasing it in lead?
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1129. - I'll mold this box into your prison bars.
- Don't touch that.
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1130. I told you. It's kryptonite, Superman.
A little souvenir from the old hometown.
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1131. I've spared no expense
to make you feel right at home.
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1132. You were great in your day, Superman.
But it just stands to reason...
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1133. when it came time
to cash in your chips...
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1134. this old, diseased maniac...
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1135. would be your banker.
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1136. Mind over muscle.
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1137. You don't even care where
the other missile's headed, do you?
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1138. Certainly, I do.
I know exactly where it's headed.
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1139. Hackensack, New Jersey.
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1140. I have to leave you now.
No hard feelings.
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1141. We all have our little faults.
Mine's in California.
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1142. Lex, my mother lives in Hackensack.
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1143. Miss Teschmacher!
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1144. Both birds uncontrolled.
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1145. Impossible to reset.
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1146. Otis.
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1147. Miss Teschmacher.
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1148. Miss Teschmacher.
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1149. Please, you can't...
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1150. You can't just stand there.
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1151. Shh.
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1152. You can't just stand there...
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1153. and let innocent people,
millions of innocent people, die.
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1154. Maybe.
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1155. Please. Please help me to save them.
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1156. If I help you, do you promise
to save my mother first?
Copy !req
1157. But Lois and Jimmy...
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1158. Oh, but my mother comes first.
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1159. If you promise me, I'll believe you,
because you always tell the truth.
Copy !req
1160. I promise. I promise.
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1161. Why did you kiss me first?
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1162. It— I didn't think you'd let me later.
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1163. Thank you, Miss Teschmacher.
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1164. Why is it I can't get it on
with the good guys?
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1165. Stand aside, now.
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1166. I wouldn't stay here, either.
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1167. MAN'.
Army bird still heading due east.
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1168. - Navy bird still heading due west.
MAN 2". Losing radar contact.
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1169. Next radar contact in 3 seconds.
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1170. —Intercept both birds.
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1171. Army bird still headed east, sir.
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1172. Army bird gaining altitude.
- Miss Teschmacher.
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1173. Radar contact strong.
- We have straight climb.
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1174. Miss Teschmacher!
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1175. Radar report,
Navy bird, San Andreas area.
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1176. Heading down.
Fifteen seconds to impact.
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1177. Navy bird heading down,
15 seconds to impact.
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1178. Fifteen seconds and counting.
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1179. San Andreas.
- God!
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1180. Oh.
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1181. We interrupt the program for a newsflash.
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1182. A military missile has exploded
in the Southern California desert.
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1183. The force of the explosion
has activated the San Andreas Fault.
Copy !req
1184. California is suffering
a major earthquake.
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1185. Ah!
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1186. What's going on?
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1187. It's a quake. Look!
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1188. Look out!
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1189. Get to the back of the bus!
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1190. Okay, kids. It's all right now.
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1191. Thank God, we're back on the bridge.
Copy !req
1192. - Hey, it's Superman.
It's Superman!
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1193. Holy mackerel!
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1194. Going off the tracks!
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1195. Hang on!
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1196. I can't hold her!
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1197. All personnel, evacuate the dam.
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1198. All personnel, evacuate the darn.
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1199. Ah!
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1200. Watch that cable!
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1201. MY eyes! I can't see!
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1202. Someone try and pull the main!
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1203. It's impossible, it's red-hot!
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1204. - Gentlemen, is that man all right'?
- Yeah.
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1205. - Ah—!
- Hang on, Jim.
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1206. The dam burst!
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1207. Forget the car! Come on, come on!
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1208. You're safe here, son.
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1209. That's okay!
Miss Lane will be driving by soon.
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1210. - Come on, George.
Make for the hill.
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1211. There's been major
quake damage to Southern California.
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1212. The San Andreas Fault
has miraculously sealed itself...
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1213. yet Southern California is suffering
major aftershocks of a major earthquake.
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1214. The population is warned
to be aware of...
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1215. Please, come on, turn over.
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1216. - ... which in some areas has—
- Come on'.!
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1217. Help me. Help me.
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1218. Lois.
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1219. No,no, no"
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1220. No... No...
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1221. My son.
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1222. It is forbidden for you to interfere
in human history.
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1223. JONATHAN". One thing I do know, son,
and that is you are here for a reason.
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1224. JOR-EL". It is forbidden for you to...
CLARK". Those things I can do...
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1225. all those powers,
and I couldn't even save him.
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1226. It is forbidden.
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1227. It is forbidden.
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1228. L-li-
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1229. Don't bother, I think it's dead.
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1230. Sure it's dead.
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1231. The problem with Men of Steel, there's
never one around when you want one.
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1232. Know what happened to me
while you were off flying?
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1233. I was almost in an earthquake...
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1234. I had this gas station blow up...
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1235. there's telephone poles
falling all over...
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1236. I'm almost killed,
and to top the whole thing off...
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1237. this stupid car runs out of gas!
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1238. I'm sorry about that, Lois...
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1239. but I've been kind of busy for a while.
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1240. I'm sorry. That's all right.
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1241. Hey!
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1242. Thanks a lot, Superman.
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1243. You put me in the middle of nowhere
during an earthquake.
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1244. No food, no water, snakes everywhere.
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1245. - I had no idea if you were coming back—
Jimmy.
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1246. Listen, there's something I have to do.
I'll see you later.
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1247. He can't stay still for a second.
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1248. Oh. Golly, Miss Lane...
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1249. it's too bad
Mr. Kent didn't see all this.
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1250. Yeah, poor Clark.
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1251. He's never around when S—
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1252. Clark— Wait a minute.
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1253. - Wait a minute.
- What?
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1254. Lois Lane, that is the silliest idea ever.
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1255. Let me tell you something, Miss Lane,
I think he really cares about you.
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1256. - Clark? Of course he does.
- No, not Clark.
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1257. Oh, well, Superman cares
about everybody, Jimmy.
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1258. But, who knows, someday,
you know, if he's lucky...
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1259. You're messing up my suit.
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1260. You big lummox, you.
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1261. Come on, stop it, will you?
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1262. Otis, it's your fault.
Watch the ground!
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1263. Good evening, warden.
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1264. These two men should be safe here...
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1265. - ... until they can get a fair trial.
- Who is it?
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1266. Lex Luthor!
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1267. - The greatest criminal mind of our time!
- Of our time!
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1268. - I hereby serve notice...
- Notice.
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1269. that these walls—
- These walls here...
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1270. Will you shut up, please?
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1271. All right, take them away, boys.
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1272. - You nitwit. Nincompoop!
Guard, guard...
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1273. This country is safe again, Superman,
thanks to you.
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1274. No, sir. Don't thank me, warden.
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1275. We're all part of the same team.
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1276. Night.
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