They've got big fish to fry, with hanging controversies over public education spending and money for the state's water and transportation infrastructure, and steady inquiries from the governor's office about leaving something aside for tax relief.
As in Sebald, what moves the prose forward is not event or contrivance but a steady, accidental inquiry, a firm pressurelessness (which is to say, what moves the prose forward is the prose — the desire to write, to defeat solitude by writing).
Given the steady increase in inquiry calls at Gartner, it's easy to see that businesses are showing interest in the technology and its potential.
Fixers working for Chinese companies report a steady stream of inquiries from cash-strapped European firms.
But she added: "We are receiving a steady stream of inquiries about retrofitting.
Some hotels, including the Hay-Adams and the Four Seasons, said they had been fielding a steady stream of inquiries beginning Wednesday, but declined to provide specifics.
We've been getting a steady stream of inquiries from the function providers, and we're entering into partnerships with many of them.
I'll be the first in line," said Mr. Billett, whose company, Response Mortgage Services, has been receiving a steady stream of inquiries from clients in recent weeks.
Although the bulk of business still comes from corporations, security companies report a steady stream of inquiries from everyday -- if affluent -- people.
Thanks to state-of-the-art equine breeding technology, Sabrina has generated a steady stream of inquiries from people who want to buy embryos made by high-technology reproductive means from her eggs.
A Paul Smith outlet in central London said they were popular already but since it emerged Mr Blair was a proud owner, there had been a steady stream of inquiries.
