The Director breathed heavily.
"Just who are these people, Dr. Brill?"
"They are all positives. Some of them are positive positives."
The Director made a small, strangling sound.
"If you don't mind, Dr. Brill—just what in the hell are positive positives?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I had presumed you were familiar with my work."
"I'm a little vague about it."
"I see." Lucifer's expression showed intolerance for this cultural lag, but he condescended to explain. "For several years I have been re-evaluating psi card tests at Western University, with the project goal of answering criticism that Rhine and other researchers ended scoring runs at so-called convenient points. While one cannot approach the statistical ideal of infinity in any series, it is nevertheless mathematically possible, through multitudinous repetitions...."
There was an expression on the Director's face of a man trying to plod doggedly against a strong gale.
"Positives ..." he reminded, a little desperately.