It was also a lot of fun writing to a brief, something I've never done, which made it exciting.
In those days, a lot of my job was to edit briefs (something we still did with pens and paper in 1993).
But after the 1 58 briefing came something extra: "That's it for us from Black Rock.
At the White House, he turned the daily press briefing into something of a one-man show, challenging reporters' questions and delivering hard-hitting answers, even when he was occasionally short on the facts.
In deciding to release the portion of the daily briefing document, something no previous White House has ever done, Mr. Bush and his advisers were clearly attuned to the potential political damage that had been caused as its contents began to leak out following Ms. Rice's testimony on Thursday.
Maybe I was forced to wear a brief, satiny something.
The briefs have something of an answer, but it won't fit on a bumper sticker.
"This fully briefed is something that drives us up the wall.
Falmouth University's BA in Creative Advertising has a place reserved for the hopeful student who best completes a simple brief: "Sell something you own".
That applies to bras, but also to knickers, where you'll probably be able to choose between thongs, briefs and something in between.
