Learning the Territory Long before Indiana's primary -- which will be next May -- the redistricting has already affected the behavior of Mr. Buyer and Mr. Kerns.
Playing ball with Nathan Dukes, a Bronx community organizer whom he has enlisted as his research associate, is one of his favorite methods of learning the territory.
When they finish it (as they will: its overtones of both "Gossip Girl" and the Book of Ecclesiastes make it irresistible), they will have learned the territory.
His conclusion on his own method is simple: "All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate".
And both Mr. Johnson and Mr. Ford were creatures of Congress and understood how it operated; Mr. Bush, like Mr. Clinton before him, must learn that territory on the job.
He said that while it was reasonable for Mr. Ridge to take time to learn the territory after assuming his White House office on Oct. 8, Congressional appropriators like himself had years of experience in judging spending pleas from the executive branch.
All this practice has allowed the creative team, including returning cinematographer Eduardo Serra, to relax into its best self without having to learn the territory all over again.
The songs travel well-worn territory: learning about love, pining for love, etc.
The facilities and patronage provided by the Ayyubids led to a resurgence in intellectual activity in different branches of knowledge and learning throughout the territories they controlled.
During these sessions, the classroom was divided into seven territories with a learning assistant assigned to each territory.
