In fact, it was teeming with smart, ambitious men whose business instincts were in many cases as sharp as those of the CEOs who had wined and dined me six months earlier when I was a rising star in the Missouri Senate.
Na verdade ela estava apinhada com caras espertos e ambiciosos cujos instintos de negócios eram, em muitos casos, tão perspicazes quanto aqueles de Chefes Executivos que haviam jantado e bebido comigo seis meses antes quando eu era uma estrela ascendente no senado do Missouri.