Colorado Ski Development
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Events with rich location context
Vividly invoked by Toby as the arson-scarred exemplar of eco-terrorism—a $12 million ski development torched to protect rare lynx habitat—fueling his pitch for rebuke; it crystallizes the moral ambiguity of environmental extremism, heightening stakes in the clandestine strategy session.
Remote yet incendiary, evoking charred ruins and ideological wildfire.
Concrete case study in persuasive argument.
Embodies clash between progress and radical conservation, justifying political spank.
The Colorado ski development is invoked by Sam as the specific flashpoint in the President's rebuke—arson-torched site symbolizing eco-terrorism—fueling Sam's disappointment and Toby's spin, tying distant radical violence to White House policy fracture.
Evoked as charred, vengeful wilderness battlefield haunting the conversation.
Narrative exemplar anchoring the admonishment's controversy.
Represents collision of progress, conservation, and terror in political calculus.
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In Leo's office, amid frustration over the NMD test's 137-mile miss, Toby pivots to Sam's GDC speech, pitching a clandestine 'drop-in' rebuke of environmental groups for failing to condemn eco-terrorism, …
In the Sheraton hallway post-speech, idealistic Sam phones Toby, voice heavy with disappointment over President Bartlet's unscripted finale—admonishing environmental groups for ignoring eco-terrorism at a Colorado ski resort, torpedoing Sam's …