He "won the brief" — industry parlance for securing a contract.
"We'd like to go out and see if that is true in the rest of the nation," said Kenneth Falci, an F.D.A. official who briefed industry officials on the agency's plans at the Institute of Food Technologists annual conference over the weekend.
As part of a general push to show that the Bush team cares about California, Vice President Dick Cheney and Spencer Abraham, the secretary of energy, have briefed industry executives and California politicians on what the federal government can and cannot do to help resolve the situation.
In March, a technology briefing for industry analysts went awry when one analyst misinterpreted Mr. Rooney's remarks as a negative forecast that should have been publicly announced; the ensuing news coverage prompted an investigation by Britain's Financial Services Authority.
Although Justice O'Connor, like her colleagues, speaks, and is expected to speak, in the timeless language of principle, she is in fact alert, as her deference to the briefs from industry and the military shows, to the real-world consequences of what she decides.
This year, however, "flying hours are on the rise" and inquiries about new orders are growing, Robert Wilson, the trade group's chairman, said in an industry briefing last week.
"I think in five years every major mutual fund company will also have a line of individually managed accounts," said Leonard A. Reinhart, chairman of the Lockwood Financial Group, a consulting firm, at a recent industry briefing.
So said the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Agency for Science , Technology & Research(A*STAR), both of which are sponsors of Next Wave Singapore, at a recent industry briefing.
Big Booze held its first ever State of the Alcohol Industry briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. -- site of the very first liquor license issued after the repeal of prohibition -- followed by a booze-soaked reception.
