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Herb held up his hand. "Hold on, Claire, don't go off half-cocked. Wait
until we've won the election; then you can clamp down on these black
marketers as hard as you want. But for right now, they're the ones with
the power to get you reelected, so don't do or say anything to rock the
boat."

"Don't worry, Herb," Claire said with a sly smile. "I'll

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tell them what they want to hear, but as soon as the election is over,
they're going to rue the day they stole from the government."
"That'a girl," Herb said, grinning.

She leaned forward across her desk. "I want you to begin to put together
a list of these black marketers, and as soon as I'm ready, we'll have
the FPPS take a close look at their tax returns and maybe even
confiscate some bank accounts in the bargain."

"Hell, if you do that, the treasury might even show a profit next year."

The team split up into groups of two to search the city for the Arab
terrorists. Coop and Jersey, Harley and Anna, Hammer and Beth, with
Corrie staying at the hotel to monitor the cell phone communications and
to guard their gear.

Each team member was dressed in the typical garb of medical people,
white coats over white pants or skirts, and each carried "doctor" bags
that contained their Uzis. Their handguns were worn in shoulder holsters
for easy access in case of an unexpected confrontation.

By noon, Coop and Jersey had covered most of the foursquare-block area
they'd been assigned by Harley.

Coop rubbed his stomach as they left the building they'd just searched.
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." He moaned, as if in pain.

Jersey gave him a look. "You're always hungry, Coop, and horse meat is
probably just what we have been eating since we've been here."

"How 'bout we head on over to Marinaro's and see if he can fix us up a
meatball sub?"

"You really are going to live dangerously, aren't you?" she asked, smiling.

"Hey, eating horse, or whatever it is, is better than starving to death."

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