Barbara Buono, the presumed Democratic nominee for governor, shook hands and distributed campaign buttons along the length of the train.

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Historically, defeating an insurgency has taken eight, nine, 10, 11, 12 years, about the same length of time you suggested it takes to train actually a senior sergeant.

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At length, the train begins to pass clusters of houses, building up gradually into the centre of Bergen, where it comes to rest under the vast cylindrical glass roof of the main railway station.

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