Such provisions can go a long way toward protecting relationships.
But at least a dozen other past and present associates, some of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to protect relationships with the studio, described an operation that blossomed largely because it was confined to movies that nobody else at Sony could figure out — or, sometimes, didn't want to touch.
But several people who were briefed on the situation and spoke on condition of anonymity to protect relationships said Mr. Sorkin was revising a version of the script that had been written by Steven Zaillian, who had worked with Mr. Soderbergh.
A representative of one media conglomerate, who spoke anonymously to protect relationships, said the person's company cut its overall spending on trade ads by 50 percent in 2009 from the year-earlier level.
One close associate of Mr. Anderson — who, again, spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships — brushed aside speculation that Mr. Blake's death was an impetus to "The Master".
"Instead, the measure [leaves] undisturbed all of the other extremely significant substantive aspects of a same-sex couple's state constitutional right to establish an officially recognized and protected family relationship and the guarantee of equal protection of the laws.
Such unions, the opinion said, gives those couples the ability to "choose one's life partner and enter with that person into a committed, officially recognized and protected family relationship that enjoys all of the constitutionally based incidents of marriage".
Committee members were clearly torn between what they said was a moral obligation to condemn one of the darkest periods of the last century and the need to protect a relationship with Turkey, a NATO partner vital to American regional and security interests.
"I think attractiveness gives you more options in terms of relationship alternatives," Ma-Kellams tells Broadly, "which might make it harder to protect a relationship from outside threats.
