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The University had been transformed and Hari Seldon could not refrain from being pleased.
The central rooms of the Project complex had suddenly sprouted1 in color and light, with holography filling the air with shifting three-dimensional images of Seldon at different places and different times. There was Dors Venabili smiling, looking somewhat younger-Raych as a teenager, still unpolished-Seldon and Amaryl, looking unbelievably young, bent2 over their computers. There was even a fleeting3 sight of Eto Demerzel, which filled Seldon's heart with yearning4 for his old friend and the security he had felt before Demerzel's departure.
The Emperor Cleon appeared nowhere in the holographics. It was not because holographs of him did not exist, but it was not wise, under the rule of the junta5, to remind people of the past Imperium.
It all poured outward, overflowing6, filling room after room, building after building. Somehow, time had been found to convert the entire University into a display the likes of which Seldon had never seen or even imagined. Even the dome7 lights were darkened to produce an artificial night against which the University would sparkle for three days.
"Three days!" said Seldon, half-impressed, half-horrified.
"Three days," said Dors Venabili, nodding her head. "The University would consider nothing less."
"The expense! The labor8!" said Seldon, frowning.
"The expense is minimal," said Dors, "compared to what you have done for the University. And the labor is all voluntary. The students turned out and took care of everything."
A from-the-air view of the University appeared now,
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countenance
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grouse
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dedication
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