Maybe he'd want a signal from me that he should rush to the carrier and retrieve a pittie on his own— a small one, alive, our new class pet.

How can we get the tweedle-dums and the tweedle-dees together for united action in the interests of the masses of the people?

Assuming that there are places of higher education there will usually be a polytechnic or university gaysoc. The potential size of a gaysoc in terms of numbers of students is probably hundreds, but this will not be reflected in the actual attendance at meetings. It may still be more difficult to come out in a hall of residence or on a course, but probably less so than if you are an apprentice electrician.

They could blast the ship to Venus in a few days — at so squandersome a fuel expenditure that ten ships couldn't carry it.