..I demand an answer, Mr.Secretary.There will be no covering up, sir, no covering up.You are not going to get your hands on his list.And I deeply regret having to say...When the Secretary of Defense argues back ("throw hat lunatic out of here...get that man out of this room"), he points from the front of the room (from right to left) toward Iselin in the rear of the room, but on a TV monitor, his arm extends from left to right - in a reverse angle - to symbolize the disorienting and unreliable media image.Birnam.Don: I'll bet you tell that to all the boys.Gloria: Why natch! Only with you, it's on the level.To Don's mild consternation, she cheapens herself by shortening her words in her speech: "Why imperil our friendship with these loathsome abbreviations?" (she says 'ridick' for ridiculous, and 'natch' for naturally).It was a way to escape from the existential questions of human imperfection, frailty and insignificance in the cosmos (the "more unsolvable, terrifying problems about the universe").Now reliant on his wife's wealth, he admitted that he could no longer divorce her and risk losing her financial support, if she ever reignited her affair.