The prime contractor suggested lowering the compatibility figure-of-merit; the Institute stiffly offered to return its one dollar fee.  In the meantime a computer programmer whose name was not recorded had the machines hunt for three-couple rump crews.  She found several dozen compatible combinations, each of which defined by its own characteristics the couple needed to complete it.  In the meantime the machines continued to review the data changing through deaths, withdrawals, new volunteers, etc.