The Virtues of Being a Grown-Up in Washington

摘要

Aboard air force one, most people scoop their M&Ms by the handful from a big candy bowl. Not Warren Christopher. The secretary of state plucks just one M&M from the bowl. Then he lays it on a yellow legal pad on the conference table in front of him, where, says an aide, "it just lies there and wobbles for the longest time until you wonder, 'Is he going to eat it with a knife and fork?'" Finally, Christopher consumes the single candy and—with maddening self-control—picks up his pen and goes back to work.