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All right, everybody, relax, relax, I'll
handle this.

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My mother said someday my hands might
get stuck like this.

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She never mentioned anything about an
elevator.

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Well, I'm really happy I got out of bed
today. I told you I didn't want to go to

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that press conference. Miles, I knew
nothing good would come of it. Look,

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were going to sell the network whether
we were there to hear the announcement

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not. It's the end of an era. That's what
it is.

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For 50 years, Bill Hutchings ran this
network with taste and showmanship.

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First color broadcast, first coverage of
a live political convention.

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Aside from that unfortunate fistfight
with Kitty Carlisle, his record was a

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quick one.

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Yeah, well, now we're stuck with
American Industrial Corporation.

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What does a conglomerate like that know
about news anyway?

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They make super tankers, frozen pizza
rolls, and that stupid line of talking

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appliances. Oh, I got one of those for
my wedding.

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Mr. Toasty, the talking toaster.

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One night it went berserk. It started
yelling, your toast is done, your toast

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done, for hours.

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Around 3 o 'clock in the morning, we'll
tuck out a nine -iron and knock it into

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the living room.

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Come on now, let's not overreact.

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American Industrial is a huge
organization.

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They've got more to think about than
FYI. We probably won't even know they're

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around.

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Morning, troops.

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I might have your attention.

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There's someone I'd like you to meet.
This is... Barbara Boyle, management

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specialist, American Industrial.

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On behalf of AI, may I be the first to
say...

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Welcome aboard.

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Barbara, I'd like you to meet... Murphy
Brown.

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Corky Sherwood.

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Jim Dyer.

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Frank Fontana.

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I'm a big fan of the show.

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Oh, and this is our executive producer,
Miles Silverberg, who runs the daily

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operation under my very close
supervision.

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Oh, excuse me a moment.

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Bobby, let me have a look at that, will
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Uh -huh. Oh, yes, yes, exactly.

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Oh, I think you might want to put a
semicolon here.

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Hurry up.

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Well, as I was about to say, AI has
assigned Barbara to study the news

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as part of its effort to streamline the
network. Now, I'm sure I can count on...

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Excuse me, Gene. When you say streamline
the network, what exactly does that

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mean? Gene, I'll take this one.

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Murphy, it just means a little budget
adjusting.

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Trimming the fat.

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Trimming the fat. Another interesting
phrase. Don't you need some sort of

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utensil to do that, Barbara? Let's see,
perhaps scissors? No, no, no, that's not

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right. A knife? Closer. Oh, I have it.

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Hatchet! Right, a hatchet would be just
the right... Murphy, Murphy, why don't I

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be a little more specific?

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On January 3rd, 1990, you paid a farmer
in Riverbend, Iowa, $800 to rent his

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pickup truck for half a day.

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To me, that's fat.

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Excuse me, Barbara, I approved that
charge.

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Murphy and her crew had to get to a
malfunctioning missile silo, and that

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had the only truck within 200 miles.

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Okay, I'll admit he was making up for a
slow corn season, but we were exposing a

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major federal blunder, and we couldn't
be concerned with cost at a time like

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that. At AI, we're always concerned with
cost.

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Mr. Silverberg, is it?

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I assume.

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Shoulder pads?

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Why don't I just lay this out for you?

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The news division is a very costly
operation, and we can't afford to carry

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anymore. Effective today, I want to see
a 25 % reduction in the budget of FYI.

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But we're going to try, right, troops?

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And I'll set an example. Starting today,
I'm giving up my TV guide subscription.

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I'll just look it up in the newspaper.

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Listen, everyone, I don't care how you
make the cuts. I just suggest you do it.

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Otherwise, I'll be forced to move into a
second tier of cuts.

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And, Murphy, if you're wondering what I
mean by that term, I mean people.

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Come, Jean, let's go down to the
commissary and see if we can't knock a

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items off the salad bar.

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my research budget. But when they tell
me I have to conduct my Ivana Trump

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interview at a Taco Bell, I draw the
line.

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Corky, you didn't happen to make any
phone calls to Milwaukee last month, did

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you? Jim, I told you, I put my initials
next to every one of my personal calls.

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I don't care what their policy is. I'm
not going to pay for a call I didn't

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make. Well, somebody made that call on
my phone.

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Oh, sure, it's only $1 .39, but it's the
principal.

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Tomorrow it'll be $1 .50, then $1 .75.

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Pretty soon they'll be sticking me with
the bill for the new parking structure.

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Let's just hide Vandal's phone bill. He
never checks.

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Well, I do check. Unlike Frank. Frank
never checks.

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F. F.

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That'll teach him not to check.

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Okay, I've been patient. I've been
tolerant. qualities I've always hated in

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other people, but enough is enough.

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I just got this note from Diane Sawyer.
Dear Murphy, sorry about your budget

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cutbacks. Here's five bucks so you can
get your hair done on show night.

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I'm really padded with AI and these
stupid changes.

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Our coffee is ready. Oh, shut up, you
little drip.

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I don't believe these people. They
haven't got the faintest idea what we do

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here. You know that story I've been
working on about corruption in the

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Longshoremen's Union? I put in a
requisition for a disguise so I could go

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undercover?

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This is what they send me.

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I've had it with American industrial.

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I can't take this. Our family is
crumbling.

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I don't want to think about what can
happen next.

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Hey, what's going on here? I thought you
were going to fix this thing.

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I really don't like this.

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I'm not good in small spaces, though.

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It's nothing more than a minor
malfunction.

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We will get you out.

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How? How will we get him out?

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What? I got a ring stuck on my finger. I
rubbed butter.

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No. Oh.

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Another example of AI's brilliant
management.

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Ever since they've been here, you've got
to take 15 forms in a notary public to

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get anything fixed around here. Please,
somebody do something.

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I feel like the walls are closing in on
me. I think I'm flashing back to the

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birth canal.

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Too dangerous.

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Oh, my heart. Did you hear that? She
cares about me.

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She has feelings for me. What irony.

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Poised on the brink of death, yet so
close to her ecstasy.

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First of all, you're much closer to the
16th floor than either of those places.

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I don't care.

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I'm so happy. I feel like dancing.

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No!

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People, may I have your attention,
please? I have an announcement to make.

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Miles, what happened to you? You look
like you've been in a car accident.

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Work. I got a memo from Barbara Boyle
this morning saying we haven't met our

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% quota.

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You know what that means?

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Personnel cutbacks.

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I'm afraid so.

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She's already laid off half the
maintenance department.

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Miles, isn't there something you can do?
Can't you call her? I tried. I asked

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her to lunch, but she doesn't eat lunch.
She plays squash.

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Miles, I hope you let her win.

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Oh, yeah, I let her win. She was mopping
up the floor with me for the seventh

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straight game. The woman stepped on my
glasses. They were on my face at the

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time.

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There's got to be a way to stop this
woman.

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I think it's time for a little dose of
the old Fontana charm.

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Oh, great.

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Let's just quit now.

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No offense, guys, but this isn't your
territory.

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It's my turn now.

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I think it's time I had a little talk
with Barbara, woman to woman.

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Good luck. I think she's a man.

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No, Murphy, I assume you want to talk
about the cutback.

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Look, Barbara, I know you want to make a
round of layoffs at FYI, but you have

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to understand something. We're a family.

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Take Eddie Ross over there. Eddie runs
the videotape library. He's been with

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this network 47 years. You need footage
of the Marshall Plan. It's on your desk

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in 10 minutes. Ross.

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Edward Ross.

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Oh, great.

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You get the pink slip on Friday.

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What? How can you do that? You're firing
Eddie?

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Oh, it's easy. You take an unpaid intern
and a computer and plug them into that

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library. You've saved a fortune.

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Yeah, he's gone.

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Hey, Phil, how about a round of beer for
the best damn unemployed maintenance

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staff in town?

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I'll get that, Phil.

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I've got to go, Murphy. I'm afraid
that's all the time I have. Wait a

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There's still a lot we have to talk
about. No, no, there isn't. My job is to

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make this division profitable, and I'll
do whatever I have to do to accomplish

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that. I am not going to be one of those
women who spends the rest of her life

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hitting her head against some corporate
glass ceiling.

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Two years ago, I started out in the
toaster division.

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inspecting plum trays.

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Now I've got the corner office, the
stock options, and the good parking

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I like it, Murphy.

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And I'm going to keep it.

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And now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a
power lifting class.

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I'll see if he's available.

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Eldon! Phone!

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Who is it? Your stockbroker.

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I'm not talking to him. I'm not talking
to you, you thief!

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You lying parasite!

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Die, you yuppie scum!

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Maybe you better call back later.

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Look, Eldon, I don't know what that was
all about, but please leave me out of

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it. I'm not having a good day. Oh, sure.
It's always your problems.

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Meanwhile, my whole world's being turned
upside down.

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A month ago, I'd sell a painting for $1
.2 million.

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All of a sudden, I got friends I never
knew I had.

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Like Bob down at Led's Paints. He always
hated me. Now he wants me to be

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godfather to his son.

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The kid's 27 years old.

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I don't know who to trust anymore.

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Look, Eldon, I sympathize with your
problems, but all things considered, I'd

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really rather talk about me.

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That's a big surprise.

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Now what?

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If it's that guy trying to sell me that
Jiffy Lube franchise, tell him I'm not

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here.

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Hello, Murphy.

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Miles, what are you doing walking around
half -drenched? It's 35 degrees

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outside. It doesn't matter.

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Nothing matters.

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Not the cold.

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Not the pain.

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Murphy, I just had the fire to Carlo and
Simpson.

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What? They're the best camera crew we
ever had.

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I know. But Barbara the Terminator Boyle
said cutting one camera crew would save

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us big in medical and dental benefits.

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I met the Carlos family at the Christmas
party.

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I've never seen four kids with bigger
overbites in my life. Perfect.

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They're going to grow up looking like
Jerry Lewis impersonators.

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Miles, it's not your fault. You're not
the one making these decisions.

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It was awful.

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After I fired them, I felt so bad I
asked Simpson to hit me, but he

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I told him I wanted to do something,
anything.

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The Carlos said he always admired my
look, so I gave him my blazer.

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He told me he wanted the rest of the
outfit.

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When I wouldn't give him my pants, he
hit me.

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Since you're feeling lousy, I might as
well tell you, Eddie and videotape is

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next to go.

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Not Eddie!

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That's it. I can't take it anymore.

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I'm not going to stand by while she
takes this organization apart.

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I'm going over her head. There's got to
be someone in American industrial who's

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willing to stop her.

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You're right.

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It's about time we let the company know
how we feel. I want the chance to open

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their eyes in my own way.

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Gee, Murphy, somehow I don't think
holding some corporate guy's head in a

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and flushing is a very effective
strategy.

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Look, Miles, I'm the one they see on
television every week. You've got to

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some guy who's spent his life surrounded
by pizza rolls and talking appliances

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is going to be impressed by me.

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Okay, okay, okay.

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We fly to New York together tomorrow
morning.

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But I want you to remember one thing.

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I'm the boss.

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I'm the one who's trained to handle
crises and deal with people.

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Agreed? Yes, Miles.

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Believe it, Miles. This was a network
that won 45 Peabody Awards.

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Now they're owned by a company that made
its first million off something called

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cheese on a rope.

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Murphy, that is exactly the kind of
sarcastic tone we don't need in there.

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look, you have a tendency to get a
little overwrought sometimes, which is

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you're going to let me handle this
meeting.

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This Roger Harris we're seeing is strict
Ivy League. I know how guys like that

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think.

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I'm just glad Bill Hutchings isn't still
around to see this. You know, you can

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take out the wood and change the chairs,
but you'll never erase his presence

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from this network.

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Heads up, Charlie.

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Miles Silverberg.

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Roger Harris, Vice President, Corporate
Resources.

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Roger, great to meet you. This is Murphy
Brown.

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Hello, Murphy.

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Wow, this is truly an honor.

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Imagine acquiring cytokine dandruff
shampoo and Murphy Brown in the same

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quarter. It's amazing.

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Say, I was just wondering, how's the
water pressure in your toilets up here?

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Perfect.

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So, Raj, I see we're both wearing the
old Harvard tie. I'm class of 84, are

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77, I should have known. You can always
tell a Harvard man.

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But you can't tell him much.

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I appreciate the opportunity to discuss
these cutbacks.

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Transitions can be a little rough, and I
know we want every oar pulling

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together. Absolutely.

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It's a brutal market out there. You've
got to hit the ground running. Fisher

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bait. Go the whole nine yards.

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Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself
around.

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Sir Murphy, what a kidder.

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So, Rog, what are we waiting for? Let's
bow out.

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Gentlemen,

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I'd like you to meet Miles Silverberg
and... Murphy Brown.

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Tom Martin, VP Management Services.

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Neil Green, VP Product Coordination.

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Ted Sterling, VP Internal Relations.

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Dave Stevens, VP Business Services. Mike
Miller, VP Operations Control.

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Okay, Miles.

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The guy's on your cost breakdowns, your
financials, it's your ball. Run with it.

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Thank you, Roger.

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Why don't we start with the 40 % cut in
our travel budget? As you know... Miles,

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question here. I noticed a lot of that
travel was on commercial airline.

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Have you... Have you tried using a
frequent flyer program?

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Excuse me? You know, free tickets,
upgrades, coupons, earphones.

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Are you serious? Are you serious? I
think what Murphy's concerned with is

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while it's an interesting idea, Tom, I
don't think it would be too practical.

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Super saver fares, Miles, that's the
key. Just stay over a Saturday night.

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cost benefit.

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But Dave... Ted. I'm Dave. Tom. Neil.
Ted, you can't... You can't schedule

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events to occur conveniently over a
weekend.

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In the news business, you've got to be
the first one in and the first one out

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with the tape. Sometimes that costs...
Excuse me, you mentioned tape. I thought

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you were a live show.

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We are a live show, but some of our
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about on the West Coast?

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You can't be live there, too.

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That's right, just like Saturday Night
Live. They always put out, live from New

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York, it's Saturday night.

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But on the West Coast, it's not. That's
my point of view.

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Did we ever get an answer on that
frequent flyer issue? We can't use a

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flyer program.

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Last year, we did an award -winning
piece on new cracks in the Alaska

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We had to fly to Prudhoe Bay without a
moment. Why, what?

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Why go all the way up there?

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Couldn't you just put a reporter in
front of a photo of a pipeline and shoot

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that? Right. Just put him in a parka,
add a little fake snow.

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Fake snow is good. No, it isn't. We
don't fake snow. We don't fake anything.

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This is the news, not a Steven Spielberg
movie. But hey, why stop at faking it?

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We could use puppets. A little Murphy
puppet interviewing a little George Bush

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puppet. Just think how much...

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How many times have I told you not to
take that sinus medication before you

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He's wowed up like a top. He really
didn't mean any of those things, did

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Yes, I did. They're morons, morons.

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Gentlemen, may I make a suggestion?

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It's really too difficult to explain our
operation sitting around a table. How

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about you come down to Washington and
get a hands -on feel for things in the

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trenches?

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What do you think, Tom?

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I don't know.

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What do you think, Neil?

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Well, I go along with Mike's thinking.
Mike. Uh, Ted, did you want to say

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something? Just make a decision.

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Make it, make it, make it.

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Lunch,

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gentlemen. Lunch.

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And that was that. to control where
space -age technology

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allows us to beam in footage from all
over the globe. How right you are,

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But since cutbacks have limited our
satellite time, our ability to bring you

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fast -breaking stories has been severely
damaged.

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Corky? Thank you, Frank.

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Yes, gentlemen, we're talking about
stories like the Berlin Wall, the

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election of Lex Valenza, and...

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Ling Ling faces her biological father.

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You see, the news never stops.

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And FYI needs the freedom to go after
that news wherever and whenever it

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happens.

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So what do you say, Rog?

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How about we kiss those cutbacks
goodbye, huh?

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Murphy, I think I can promise you. We'll
put that option on the table. Run it up

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the flagpole. Just the orders. We'll get
back to you on it.

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Now hold it right there, people.

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Before you go off to invent new ways to
reduce painful itching and swelling.

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You listen to me.

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I've been with this network for over 25
years.

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And in the last two weeks, I've seen
this news division desecrate.

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General.

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News. is a network's sacred obligation
to serve the common good, to inform and

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educate, to uplift and, in some cases,
shame.

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And the day that we're judged solely on
profit is the day that death knells

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sounds on the free and open exchange of
ideas that we call a democracy, and I,

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for one, cannot stand on the sidelines
and watch that happen.

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You know, I never thought about it that
way.

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Obviously, we have a lot to learn about
this business.

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It's amazing how easy it is to lose
sight of what's really important.

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Wouldn't you agree, Barbara?

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Because of my budget cuts, we're
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million.

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I believe you gentlemen have a meeting
in New York with the popcorn popper

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division.

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I can't believe it.

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We lost.

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How could this happen?

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We're the good guys.

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I never thought I'd say this, but I
don't want to work here anymore.

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We're stuck.

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Boy,

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you guys are really quick.

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I guess that's why you're all vice
presidents.

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Although it seems to me in a really
efficient company, you'd only need one

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Yeah, maybe Barbara has something in her
little notebook about that. Something

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to tell the CEO.

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All those huge salaries and bonuses
sounds to me like a good place to get,

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right, Barb?

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Gentlemen, it may be time for a
conference.

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Yeah, you take your time. While you're
all waiting in the unemployment line

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making up your minds, old Babs here is
going to be moving her stuff into the

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vice presidential suite. But there's no
rush.

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Run it up the black hole.

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Tilt the waters.

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Finish,

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John. History.

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Barbara, we've made a decision.