John is a co$-$op student who has a summer job with Oil

Exploration, Inc., a company that does exploratory

contract work for large oil firms. The company drills,

tests, and writes advisory reports to clients based on

the test results. John is placed in charge of a field

team who test$-$drill at various sites specified by the

customer. John has the responsibility of

transforming rough field data into succinct reports

for the customer. Paul, an old high school friend of

John$$s$,$ is the foreperson of John$$s team.