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These ground rules are not uncommon in Washington. Reporters are always eager to find out what the Government is really up to. Public officials are often just as eager to feed the press their side of things, either to promote a pet project or ensure their place in history. Indeed, Stockman had granted similar briefings to several other journalists. One danger in these arrangements is that reporters might repay such helpful sources with flattering coverage. Another is that journalists might find themselves reporting public statements that are at odds with what they have been told in private...
...from the article's next sentence, "Stockman saw the 'new political climate' dissolve rather rapidly and be replaced by the reflexes of old politics. Every tax lobby in town, from tax credits for wood burning stoves to new accounting concessions for small business, moved in on the legislation, and pet amendments for obscure tax advantage and profit became the pivotal issues of legislative action, not the grand theories of supply-side tax reduction" (p.51). At other points, Stockman makes this realization even more explicit, as when he says, "the client groups know now to make themselves heard. The problem...
...skittered away from it in fear and put her emotions in a deep freeze. The kind of event that nails her hysterically to her sun-drenched kitchen wall and illustrates Henley's predilection for bizarre Southern Gothic extravagance is the death of her horse Billy Boy. Her pet since childhood, Billy Boy has recently been struck by lightning. To top that calamity, Old Granddaddy has been hospitalized with "blood vessels popping in his brain...
...public schools, said that the hiring and firing of teachers is "a" contract issue" and should be conducted strictly according to seniority. She accused the present school committee of changing its interpretation of specific contractual language in order to prevent the loss of minority teachers, and new teacher in "pet programs they put into effect during their term in office...
...introducing foreign species to Florida is a crime. State wildlife authorities fear that if geckos are set free by disenchanted owners, the ravenous reptiles will upset the ecological balance. Disenchantment with geckos might come easily. They spend the night making chirping, quacking or barking noises, and besides, says Miami Pet Store Owner Mike Yodice: "They bite like crazy. You open a drawer and they'll clamp onto your hand...