Whether his conduct is representative or aberrant is a question that Mr. France leaves open.
"One day, while Jerry [Lutz, the technical expert who vetted our book] still worked for Social Security, a claims representative approached him with a question.
Below is a representative question that I have frequently received from freelancers.
At an informal news briefing yesterday, Robert B. Zoellick, the United States trade representative, said in response to a question that he was being courted by the board of Freddie Mac.
In response to a question from Representative Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican who is chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, Mr. Bernanke said that whenever the stimulus began to taper off, it would not happen in an "automatic, mechanistic program.
Later, in response to a question from Representative Stephen F. Lynch, Democrat of Massachusetts, Mr. Bernanke said, "My expectation is that sales would be slow, gradual, announced in advance and would not create undue market impacts".
In response to a question from Representative John Conyers Jr., Democrat of Michigan, the chairman of the committee, Mr. McClellan said it would be wrong for President Bush to pardon Mr. Libby before his term ends as president.
This is a question that Representative Bob Franks, who beat out two other moderates last week for the Republican nomination for the Senate, will be happy to ask as his campaign against Mr. Corzine engages.
Ultimately, Mr. Greenspan said in response to a question from Representative Ron Paul, Republican of Texas, the path of stock prices will be determined not by the short-term interest rates the Fed controls, but by corporate performance and overall interest rates in the economy.
Once you send a question, a representative begins chatting to help find you the answer.
