A Series of Stories
Every line but the first and last should end in a backslash, but my over-zealous security kills them.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
s = "Bailey stared at his iced tea. The condensat
ion slid slowly down toward the tabletop. Smithwi
ck should have arrived at the cafe an hour before
. Now, there was no way to finish the proposal on
time. It was for a big contract, too; without it
, revenue would be a good deal lower than project
ed in the coming quarter. ";([:u=>"cafe",:v=>"sys
tem"]+[:u=>"proposal on time",:v=>"coming battle"
]+[:u=>"condensation",:v=>"enemy fleet"]+[:u=>"bi
g contract",:v=>"key region"]+[:u=>"his iced tea"
,:v=>"the sensor readouts"]+[:u=>"be a good deal
lower",:v=>"not hold more"]+[:u=>"finish",:v=>"wi
n"]+[:u=>"projected in the coming quarter",:v=>"a
few months"]+[:u=>"revenue",:v=>"the rim-ward de
fense"]+[:u=>"the tabletop",:v=>"his own"]).each
do |t|;s.gsub!(t[:u],t[:v]);puts s;end