Bud: I was reading some figures from the Sickness and Accident Claims Division - do you know that the average New Yorker between the ages of twenty and fifty has two and a half colds a year?Fran: That makes me feel just terrible.Powers instructed his new-hire to interview leading Dutch statesman and diplomat Mr.Van Meer (Albert Bassermann) - the "keynote" to understanding the European situation:Powers: Mr.Van Meer, when questioned by our oracle, Mr.Stebbins, refused to open his mouth.1,200 words cable told o the fact that the great Van Meer had nothing to say.You know what that kind of stuff is doing? It""s driving our readers crazy with frustration.Jones: Who""s Van Meer?Powers: Keynote to the European situation today.Listen Jones, if Van Meer stays at the helm of his country""s affairs for the next three months, it may mean peace in Europe.Propelled by the rushing water to an open tunnel exit, they emerged onto a small ledge on the side of a massive rock-cliff face.When the crew of extraterrestrials realize hat there are intruders around them, one of the aliens at the spaceship""s gangplank hatchway sends out a communications-homing signal from his heart, signalling danger and alerting the others to immediately return to the ship.