lean forward v. phr.— «When seasoned and skeptical DI analysts believe they have made their case by a careful scrubbing of ample all-source information, they should lean forward in making their conclusions precise and clear to the policy...
white box n.— «I think you have to consider that system builders—or white-box manufacturers, as they are commonly called—have often voiced frustration with Microsoft’s pricing policy toward them.…White boxes still make up a large...
lane n.— «Well, I think the policy debate is going to continue in public, and that’s outside of my lane. What I can tell you is that military to military, which is where my lane is, that we could not have better cooperation from United...
policy laundering n.— «It’s what people call policy laundering—”it’s a good idea, but we’ll never get it past the electorate, so let’s slip it through and then pass it on to the individual governments.”» —“The open-source...
butter and eggs n. an illegal lottery in which winning numbers are calculated from closing prices in butter and egg market trading. Editorial Note: Also known as the bug, numbers, and policy. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
jockey n.— «Jakarta has introduced a number of traffic policies in an effort to regulate the number of private cars operating in the capital. One such policy was the much criticized “three-in one” system, which requires the...