I have been briefed by senior US officials myself and given substantially the same line.
His mesmerizing charisma intact, Clinton on Sunday afternoon briefed a few dozen journalists, myself included.
The feature, which I've been briefed on but haven't gotten a chance to test out myself, works much as you'd expect.
My brief to myself is, "How can I do the best thing for this film?" I don't really worry about time constraints.
My brief to myself, whenever I'm tackling any such Greek play, is that if I do not understand the intricacies of the chorus's mythological references, then I take the liberty of simplifying, while rooting it in the literal translation I work from.
Hence his willingness to go and brief the lefties: "I don't look at myself as a Conservative pollster," he says.
Ebersol and his staff used to meet with the Olympic specialists at The New York Times months ahead of the Games to brief us on their plans, and I always found myself scribbling notes as he talked.
I left that brief conversation promising myself that I would take another look at this guy.
After a frankly terrifying safety briefing, I convince myself to attempt to pilot one of the enormous watercrafts.
I did have a brief fling imagining myself part of the Algonquin Round Table, but that ended when I learned that in real time Dorothy Parker was not actually all that much fun to have around.
