Even the surviving Mercury astronauts--a plumpish Wally Schirra, a leathery Scott Carpenter, a frail Gordon Cooper--were there, showing the colors the way they always did when a member of their elite fraternity was setting out on a mission that would kill him or not, but in either event would provide him with that transcendent thrill he got nowhere else.

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Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night decided they'd go kill some Americans?

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Or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans?

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"We have to just go out on stage for two hours and just nonstop, kill it and then go have a beer or whatever, " Timberlake said.

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