ON DECEMBER 31ST 1983 ISAAC ASIMOV WAS ASKED WHAT LIFE WOULD BE LIKE IN THE YEAR 2019; BY 2019, THEN, IT MAY WELL BE THAT THE NATIONS WILL BE GETTING ALONG WELL ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE PLANET TO LIVE UNDER THE FAINT SEMBLANCE OF A WORLD GOVERNMENT BY CO-OPERATION, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE MAY ADMIT ITS EXISTENCE.