King_Bob_IV

Didn't Wesley go to some special testing that had the geniuses competing for one specific seat. I recall he basically went there because there happened to be a particular available slot rather than just the general admission.

From the episode:

Captain's log, stardate 41416.2. We're orbiting Relva Seven, where Wesley Crusher is about to be tested for entrance into Starfleet Academy.

CHANG: I'm proud of all of you. You've done a superb job. Each of you would make a fine Starfleet officer. It's unfair that only one candidate from Relva will attend the Academy this year, and a loss to the Federation if the rest of you do not return to test again. Mister Mordock will be the candidate. His results were slightly higher than Mister Crusher's. Congratulations, Mister Mordock. You're the first Benzite in Starfleet.

So I think it has much more to do with the timing of his attempt that mattered. Had he just waited with everyone else it wouldn't have been such an intense competition

She?

SEATO apparently. Did not know that existed

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

They have a certain amount of time with this vote to actually do anything with it. The timing of this vote will allow them to negotiate over the summer with the mandate in their back pocket and have the actual strike potentially be in the fall as school is supposed to be coming back.

They do it now because it becomes really hard to organize a vote as soon as summer hits.

It's still possible that the main trail is lower in the middle than on its right edge witch would still cause a lot of mud with a good rain

I think it is actually generally short for "Government Issue" as a kinda a reference that they are government issue like everything else in a soldiers life

As an Albertan, yes, that is the goal of way too much of this Provence. Too many think we are already just like Texas. Send help....

I disagree. He doesn't love money. He covets the respect and power that he believes money brings with it and if forever angry that even with the presidency he can't get the true respect he believes he is entitled to.

I think they made up some bull about making him less human than Lore when he turned bad.

Can you think of any other way that seems likely?

Poor life choices?

Lucky guy! That sucks but sounds like a bullet dodged. If she left him over that she was going to leave him anyway.