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Fire. From the far horizon of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space.

These are stories of the future.

Adventures in which you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand maybe worlds.

The national broadcasting company, in cooperation with Street and Smith,

publishers of astounding science fiction presents...

X minus one.

Tonight's story, The Vital Factor by Nelson Bond.

I doubt that anywhere on earth there's a man or woman or a child who doesn't know the name Wayne Crowder.

I doubt whether there's a human being who hasn't at one time or another used one of the

Crowder products. The can opener or the razor blade or the patented tooth powder dispenser

or the Crowder improved slidless fastener. In the magazines which write about men of business,

Crowder was described as a man of ice and stone and ink and steel.

No warmth to his blood.

And a heart to pump, not feel human emotion.

And he built a battery of buttons into his desk so that when he wanted something,

all he ever had to do was press a button.

And like genie springing out of the bottle, the proper personnel would come running.

Yes, Mr. Crowder.

Get me my engineers.

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