Norring

The labeled tubes and cartons would go in the trash if Governor Norring interceded at the last minute.

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Like George Washington, who was six foot two in a day of short men, Norring was well above average height, his hair thick and dark at an age when men are balding or going gray.

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Waddell discovered he had savaged a local celebrity whose lover, Joe Norring, was then the attorney general of Virginia.

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Governor Norring, I would like to think that I would not summon the chief medical examiner to my office to gratuitously insult her, both professionally and personally, and then demand of her that she surrender the rights guaranteed to every person by the Constitution.

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“Norring had ten damn years to find his briefcase,” Marino said.

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But from the moment he was arrested, Norring was a worried man.

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For one thing, he—like Norring—is too busy looking over his shoulder for Gault.

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“He wanted me to invite Norring to the execution.”

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“I just want Norring as far away from me as possible,” I said.

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If the briefcase was stolen, as it was, then Norring had to worry about it turning up somewhere.

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