Randall tobias, the White House's nominee to head America's foreign-aid efforts, is a big businessman with a heart-not the first of that type to win George Bush's favour. His 2003 memoir argues that businessmen often skirt around big issues that are awkward to face squarely. Lots of metaphors are available to illustrate such a problem: the elephant in the room, for example. But Mr Tobias chose to invent one of his own: "Put the moose on the table", he urged his readers.
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