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The Man

By Tom Farrey

Friday, October 24, 2008

He sits in the first row, to the right of the encyclopedias that are lined up against the cinder-block wall in room 718 at Sam Rayburn Middle School. His hairless chin is just a few feet from the purple blouse of his teacher, close enough that she can hear his whispered answers. He sits up front because he was raised right, and kids who are raised right don't hide, not here in Texas prairie country, not when you're the son of a son of a career soldier. These days, hiding would be impossible for ...

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