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The Agency was still smaller than its Russian counterpart, and its agents had to train hard to learn the techniques of spycraft—which Soviet operatives had been mastering for decades.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

He had been reading up; he had been seeing distinguished confreres; he had been mastering the subject to the last dot, and was panting to begin.

From The Motormaniacs by Osbourne, Lloyd