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Act 2

Leo: Treasury and Commerce are coming at 1:00 to discuss whether we should close the markets tomorrow.

Steve: That's not a bad idea.

Toby: We close them, the terrorists win.

Steve: The last thing people need to see this morning is the Dow down 600 and the dollar tanking.

Thing = news item


Act 3

Democrat: Truman wanted the Speaker third in line because he used to drink bourbon with Sam Rayburn.

Leo: The only thing I find extraordinary about that is that a member of the Executive Branch actually wanted to share a drink with the Congressional Leadership.

Thing = point


Act 3

Walken: You know, I'm not the enemy. The things that unite us are far greater than the things that divide us. We both believe in democracy, preservation of American values, protection of our citizens in a sometimes hostile world.

CJ: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Mr. President?

Walken: Exactly.

Things = beliefs


Act 4


Margaret: The Secretary of State called.

Leo: I'll bet he did.

Margaret: He's getting some pretty irate calls on the Shareef thing.


Thing = assassination





Act 4



Bartlet: All the things we wanted to do, Leo. All the things we believed in and wanted to fight for.

Leo: Sir...

Bartlet: He's going to bomb, isn't he?

Leo: Yes, sir. He is.

Things (1) = things
Things (2) = principles/ideas
Posted by Philateley at September 24, 2003 10:23 PM