Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked (55 page)

“mutual assured destruction,”
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MX missile (Peacekeeper),
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,
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–20

Nader, Ralph,
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,
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Namier, Lewis,
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NASA,
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National Association of Evangelicals,
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National Cathedral,
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National Commission on Social Security Reform (Greenspan Commission),
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–47

National Conference of the Building and Construction Trades luncheon,
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National Council of Catholic Charities,
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national debt,
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raising ceiling on,
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National Press Club breakfasts,
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National Republican Congressional Committee,
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,
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National Security Council (NSC),
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Navy, U.S.,
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NBC,
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Neville, Mike,
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New Deal,
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“new federalism,”
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New Hampshire, primary in,
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New Republic,
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Newsweek,
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New York Times,
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New York Times Magazine,
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Nicaragua, U.S. intervention in,
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–77,
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Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance Forces,
see
Contras

Nicholson, Arthur,
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Nixon, Richard,
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Noonan, Peggy,
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Normandy invasion,
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Norm (char.),
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North, Oliver,
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North Carolina, University of,
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Northern Ireland, Protestant-Catholic issue in,
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,
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–35,
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Notre Dame,
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Reagan’s commencement address at,
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–36

Nowak, Henry,
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nuclear arms,
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,
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–13,
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talks with Soviets on,
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,
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–27,
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nuclear “freeze,”
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–13,
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,
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O’Brien, Elizabeth,
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O’Brien, Pat,
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–81,
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obstructionism,
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common good vs.,
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O’Neill’s avoidance of,
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,
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O’Connell, “Moose,”
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O’Connor, Sandra Day,
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O’Donnell, Kirk,
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oil, OPEC’s rise in price of,
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O’Neill, Christopher “Kip,”
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–50,
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–97,
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O’Neill, James Edward “Tip,”
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O’Neill, Mary Rose,
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O’Neill, Mildred Ann Miller “Millie,”
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O’Neill, Patrick,
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O’Neill, Susan,
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O’Neill, Thomas P., III,
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O’Neill, Thomas P., Jr. “Tip”:

age issue for,
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–68

Australia junket of,
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–21

authenticity of,
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–63,
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,
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in battles against Reagan,
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–62,
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–30,
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–47,
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–63,
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–87,
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,
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–41,
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–55

in bipartisan cooperation with Reagan,
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as chief spokesman for Democrats,
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childhood and early years of,
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children of,
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;
see also specific children

death of,
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demagoguery charge against,
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–39,
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–42,
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Democratic congressional threat to,
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–7

dinner in honor of,
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–41

elected to House,
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first meeting between Reagan and,
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foreign policy stance of,
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–62

and Gingrich,
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–96

on government,
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–2,
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on Grenada invasion,
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health and fitness issues of,
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integrity of,
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Irish heritage of,
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JFK and,
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–6

last term of,
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–45

on Lebanon,
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–73,
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–81

legacy of,
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–70

as majority whip,
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in Massachusetts politics,
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–105,
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midterm election strategy of,
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–41

in Moscow delegation,
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–22

in 1984 election,
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,
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–88,
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–307

on Nixon,
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–8

in Nixon impeachment,
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–12

and Northern Ireland,
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as outsider,
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on PATCO strike,
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–68

personal appearance of,
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personal civility toward Reagan by,
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political path of,
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political philosophy of,
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political rivalry between Reagan and,
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–47,
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–55,
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–77,
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–83,
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–94,
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political strategy of,
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–65,
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–30,
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–87,
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–7,
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–20,
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political style of,
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–7,
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–87,
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post-assassination attempt visit to Reagan by,
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pragmatism of,
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predictions of political demise of,
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–63,
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professionalism of,
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quips of,
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–42,
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Reagan compared with,
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Reagan’s regard for,
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on Reagan’s strengths,
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,
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religious background of,
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resurgence of,
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–74,
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–84,
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,
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–41

retirement of,
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–86,
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–40,
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–69

revamping image of,
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–43

sixty-ninth birthday party of,
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–79

sociability of,
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–7,
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and Soviet Union,
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as Speaker,
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team of,
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toughness of,
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–27,
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–44,
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in U.S House of Representatives,
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O’Neill, Thomas Philip, Sr.,
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O’Neill, William,
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,
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Organization of American States,
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Ortega, Daniel,
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,
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–54

pacifism,
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–4

Pac-Man analogy,
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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),
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–64

Panama,
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,
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Parr, Jerry,
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,
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–68,
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partisanship:

author’s fun with,
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–63

blame in,
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polarization in,
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patriotism, Reagan’s sense of,
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–7,
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patronage,
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–96

Patterson, Jerry,
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payroll tax,
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,
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,
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Peace Corps,
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,
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–20,
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,
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Peacekeeper,
see
MX missile

Pearl Harbor attack,
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“Pennsylvania Corner,”
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Pentagon Papers,
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“people’s crusade,”
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Peoria bridge project,
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Pepper, Claude,
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Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
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Peterson, Cass,
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–51

Pettigrew, Richard,
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Phoenix Park Hotel,
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Pickle, Jake,
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–69

Pitts, Billy,
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–96

Plains, Ga.,
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Poindexter, John,
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