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пожать плечами; заниматься добычей драгоценных металлов; усопший; убедительные доводы; ближе к делу; это не ваша забота; абсурдное измышление; сделать (что-то) достоянием общественности; это срочное дело; продавать ниже рыночной стоимости; печально известный;

43. Answer the questions:

1. How does the writer characterize Gabrielle Ashe? How does his description change when he speaks about Marjorie Tench? How does Ms. Tench’s behaviour at the beginning of their meeting testify to her description? 2. What made Marjorie Tench invite Gabrielle Ashe to the White House? What did she start the conversation with? Why? 3. What stand did the White House take on the problem? What made Marjorie Tench believe that if NASA was privatized, space science would die? What arguments did she give to support her fears? Why did she make reference to the wild west? Why wasn’t the expression capitalized? What did it signify? 4. How did Marjorie Tench come to the point of the meeting? What made Gabrielle think the senator’s financial records were authentic? What did they indicate? What did Marjorie Tench accuse the senator of? 5. What was it that Ms. Tench suggest Gabrielle should do? What lay at the root of her suggestion – disgust, political intrigue or an attempt to recruit a new member for the Presidential team? 6. If the senator’s financial records could prove that he received bribes, why didn’t Marjorie Tench want to go public with it? Why did she decide to resort to blackmailing Gabrielle? How could Senator Sexton’s ethics be discredited? Why did Ms. Tench say that the President and she wanted to deal with the senator quietly? Was that the real reason for her actions? 7. What did Gabrielle feel like when she left the White House? Did she still stand by her candidate or was she ready to abandon him? What did she decide to do? 8. Why couldn’t Gabrielle get the senator on his private line? Why did she decide to break his orders and go to Westbrook? 9. What facts prove that Senator Sexton was having a top secret private meeting? How did Gabrielle manage to get inside his apartment? What made her realize who the senator’s guests were? 10. What arguments did his guests give to support the idea of private space projects? What did they accuse NASA of? Why did the Texan call NASA’s policies the Wal-Marting of space? What psychological tricks did Senator Sexton resort to in order to convince his guests of his loyalty to their cause? What promise did he give to them? 11. Can you guess what Gabrielle Ashe felt like? What, in your opinion, was the next thing for her to do?