In a televised press conference given by a U.S.Cabinet member (with Major Marco seated next to him), a government hall is filled with reporters, technicians, camera equipment and monitors.She confusingly lost her train of thought while trying o describe his life and work:Strictly speaking, his life was his occupation." When she insisted her precious time was "reserved for police officers with real needs and real problems," he embarrassed her in front of colleagues by implying she was begging to go out with him.The main character, an alcoholic writer, loses his money, his freedom, and his sense of reality when confined in an alcoholic ward.