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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Barrett, now 30 and a policeman, learned that lesson a decade ago in Viet Nam. This morning he is passing it on to about 50 men and women assembled in a rude, tin-roofed shed behind a convincing replica of George Washington's Mount Vernon home, only 20% larger. Barrett is ripe with other combat wisdom: "If you bring [an enemy] down, don't run up to him so he can shoot you back. Give him time to die ... When things break down there's going to be an initial surge of people from the cities. They...
...sounded and the stars on the clock lit up, signaling a roll call vote on the Senate floor. Kennedy recessed the hearing and walked briskly down the long corridor, with Secret Service agents brushing aside people ahead of him. Photographers, TV crews and aides carrying briefing books followed close behind. But Kennedy shed most of them at the private elevator for Senators...
Secret Service agents go over Kennedy's schedule ahead of time and suggest ways to make his public appearances less dangerous. However, the candidate makes the final decisions. Says a Secret Service official: ''If it were left to us, we would put these guys behind bulletproof shields all the time. We are trying to get maximum security, and they are trying to get maximum exposure.'' George Wallace used to make speeches from behind such a shield; he was shot while walking through a parking...
Murphy dropped about ten yards behind the pack and stayed there until the four mile mark. "I figured I'd let someone else do the work," he said...
...worked, too. Brown is close behind Cornell in offense and ranks third in the league in defense...