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han Dwyer Davis was elbow-deep in research for a new course she wanted to introduce at UT when the Curriculum Committee met in two weeks. It was an in-depth study looking at armed revolution and terrorism used as power tools in international negotiations. And it was a bear. She’d managed to obtain a good chunk of research files from her days as an analyst at the Defense Information Agency, but so much was redacted that it was like trying to put together an intricate jigsaw puzzle. And the stuffy scholars wanted concrete attribution for everything she planned to include. Her opinions were well-respected in the department, but some things just had to be documented—and the tenured professors didn’t like to hear the word “classified” in any regard.
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