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Updated Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at 8:50 AM ET
Here Stern almost sounds like a lobbyist. Lobbyists are always claiming that what they sell is "strategy" and "savvy" rather than access. Difficulty: 5.
Burkle, playing the hard-nosed businessman, beckons Stern to make the quid pro quo explicit.
Stern takes the bait. It may rain; I'm your umbrella. Difficulty: 7.

Updated Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at 8:50 AM ET
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