Burnham says office politics though often a dirty little secret of the corporate culture are as important as whether or not blue-jeans are office appropriate.
Somehow, when you're on the brink of monetary disaster, whether or not you advance from the group stage of a soccer tournament feels alittle less important.
It seems the language that many in the White House and the administration are using about whether or not the payroll tax cut extension would be paid for is shifting alittle bit in terms of how important it is that the pay-for is actually passed in combination with the extension.
It was importantnot only in itself but also for its ice-breaking function in facilitating a visit alittle later by John Major, then British prime minister.