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...graduate of the University of Michigan, Barnett joined the CIA in 1958 and served as an analyst with U.S. Army intelligence units in South Korea and Washington, D.C. From 1965 to 1967, he worked at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., as a staff officer in the directorate of operations, which ran the agency's worldwide covert activities. In 1967 Barnett was assigned to a diplomatic post in Indonesia, where he was responsible for recruit ing local Soviet officials to spy for the U.S. He quit the agency in 1970 to run an antiques-exporting firm in Indonesia, but apparently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ESPIONAGE: Living on Burrowed Time | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

...human. That is an irony we ordinary folk can hardly comprehend. Where was Sidey when Truman was trying to associate Henry Wallace with the Communists? We re-elected Harry in 1948; I predict we will re-elect Jimmy in 1980. He is one of us. Earl D. Martin Gloucester, Va...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 20, 1980 | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

...address and the cost would be most helpful. Thanks. Darlene Rife Charlottesville, VA...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN ONE EAR | 10/16/1980 | See Source »

Classes were canceled at Liberty Baptist College in Lynchburg, Va. Students were bused in from Lynchburg Christian Academy to help fill the 8,000 seats. Excitement built as the hour neared for the featured speaker to appear. "Here he comes, ah!" cried one young woman as the hero stepped onto the stage. Billy Graham? Oral Roberts? No, Ronald Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Politics from the Pulpit | 10/13/1980 | See Source »

...pads. The terrorist threat was not for real, but still there is genuine sweat on the driver's palms. This is part of the final exam given at the BSR Counter-Terrorist Driving School. It is the culmination of a four-day course held at Summit Point, W. Va., about 80 miles west of Washington. Instructor Bill Scott, 42, a Yale Ph.D. in geology and an ex-champion Formula Super Vee race-car driver, started the course in 1976 after the Air Force asked him to provide driver training for some of its officers. Since then, Scott and three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Virginia: Drive for Life | 10/6/1980 | See Source »

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