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Ell US WHAT YOU KNOW
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T h e training of a t'liture agent iS extremely demanding, as so m.any varied~ skills are required onoe out in the field. l!lach day, these 1'8Cl!U1ts will face oontinualchallengesandit'suptothestaffofO.O.I.topreparethemforwhatever lies ahead. It iS a well~ltnownfact that in order to train future agents, each staff memberhasspenta~cant numberofyearsinuniversity,earningatleast two degrees. l!lduO{ltion has been further continued by attendance in summer school as well as courses tb.roul;hout the school year. "gor the staff, learning iS alwaysanon..gotngprocess.Sometimesthetratneesforgetthatoncethoseatthe front of the room led some very exciting lives while pursu1:QS theh" future as teachers.:u:r.Sqwre,forexample,when:notconductingexperimentsinthelab that would enable, items to appear inviSible, strived to ovel'CO!p.e hiS tear ot heightsbybunge«julnping7 timesandleapingfromanairp).an'&withapea~ chuteonhiSback.MrS.Oheokle;vworkedinanundercoverSituationpoSingasa oonga dancer in UeXico when it was found that R1cktllartin needed another back-up dancer in hiS stage act. Prior to being in the woodshop, Kr. J400re was placed in m.any sti"ange locales. Once he found h1mselt sttttng tn a market in A f g h a n i s t a n , ~a.waterm.elon. B e f o r e h e c o u l d y e l l , " T u r n O f f t h e b a n d s a w " , amanWl"'teuponahorse,pointedalargeguninhis!aceandaskedforsomeof
hiSwatermelon.~tely, tb1sagentknewthattbiswas:notastor;yunetrom
IndtanaJonesandquiokly Ur.B.Jonesoonfesses miles on a motot-- America. ·He too inhistaoe1n'l'uas.
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nad2anPr.lmellin-
workinOSIBdur- ingits'earlydays.Hewas approached be- causehewasftnisbtnghiS :StUdies in hiStor.Y andg~and,there- tore,hadanexcel~ lentba~inOana-
also told that because he :vouncerthanherea.ll\rwas. 1n high schools. :urs. ol:leerlead.er once and 8choolsmdentand.Kr. lloJIVlanewasaenuaasatrumpetplQ'er1n aJUghsohoolm.arob.- in&band.Jl.r.Ruz.JlOisnotonq-adramaticarts tnsti'Uotor.buttre- quen-18~toSingcountryandwestern ttmesinaband ·in Oreemdre. Mr& ~ confesses that her most 11D1Q.Ue under- coverustgnmenttoOitherintoanasparagusfaotm7 esaveptable oanner~ellfN.:e.em.on'saecretlitehasinTOlved sheepfarm.- tneandacertatnclonltdantmalnamedDolJ¥.Krs.UoLeod has been un·
d1an issues. He was looked muCh
he could go undel'OO'Ver wntonwasaskedtoposeasa
pass he:rself off as another Ueatord High
seen,pcs1ngasa·swineherd.er,ahealth1nspeotor,atMff1o~. alelal · aeoretu7anda medloalassistantina'1'o1>ontoveinelinio.LUehU~proved , u n p r e d i c t a b l e , b u t ' W i q e m J t i n g f o r e a c h o t o.c~·~ ·m s t r u o t o r s . They
hopethat the~N.ture agentswillalsofindthetr pathstmed with adventure.
granted hiS opponent his WiSh. that he spent 10,000 long oyoletour:tngaround:North facedhaVinga gunshoved :ur. BeiUl,ett, head of
g r a n d s o n o f a f o r m e r Oa~ iSter, w u called on to