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Special Ops, directed by John Gavitt, a former field agent, was set up ten years ago in response to increasing illegal hunting and trafficking in wildlife. Leach, who headed the covert branch for four years before going back into the field, came to wildlife enforcement after a stint as an undercover narcotics agent. An environmentalist, he says, "I didn't want to spend the rest of my life doing drug buys." While wildlife work might seem more tranquil than the murderous world of drugs, Leach says wildlife cops often find themselves in the backcountry on their own, while during undercover...
...Brown's first stint in the slammer. Born in a shack in rural South Carolina, Brown grew up dirt poor, shining shoes and dancing for pennies. At 15 he was sentenced to eight years for breaking into cars. He sang in the prison choir (his nickname was "Music Box") and, on his release after three | years, started a band. Brown's pioneering rhythm and blues soon had black audiences up on their feet dancing to funky drums, taut horn riffs and sweat- drenched lyrics that sometimes rose to the level of pungent urban poetry. A 1968 hit gave a slogan...
...School graduate, Clark received his tenure apointment in 1979 after a four-year teaching stint at Yale Law School. Students have said Clark is a popular and well-liked teacher, noted for singing about corporate law in class...
...Krask says he doubts her College stint will bar her from Hollywood's golden gates...
...course of his lengthy academic career, Leyser has spent time in the United States as a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His stint at Harvard this spring was arranged before his retirement last year from Oxford, so the scholar decided to prolong his stay in academia for at least another semester...