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Sam's Meeting Papers
A stack of standard documents sprawls across the conference table in the sleek corporate boardroom, meticulously prepared by Sam Seaborn for his high-stakes pitch on safer oil tankers. He shuffles them with deliberate disdain, shoves them aside in a fluid rejection, then bolts upright—abandoning the papers mid-meeting as drenched Josh Lyman beckons outside, their neglect carving the raw instant Sam severs his lucrative legal ties.
2 appearances
Purpose
Prepared notes and materials supporting Sam's corporate presentation urging $11 million investment in double-hulled oil tankers to prevent spills like Exxon Valdez.
Significance
Sam's abrupt dismissal of the papers unleashes his moral pivot from soulless lawyering to Bartlet campaign fervor, the scattered sheets embodying forsaken ambition amid executives' stunned protests.
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