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West Wing staffers court votes against a new census-taking methodology amendment and the President's daughter [[Zoey Bartlet|Zoey]] has an unfortunate encounter in a Georgetown bar. [[Leo McGarry|Leo]] tells [[Josiah Bartlet|the President]] that he's separated from his wife. [[C. J. Cregg|C.J.]] asks [[Sam Seaborn|Sam]] to help her understand the census. And [[Donna Moss|Donna]] is confused about why the government won't give taxpayers their money back when a budget surplus is discovered. |
West Wing staffers court votes against a new census-taking methodology amendment and the President's daughter [[Zoey Bartlet|Zoey]] has an unfortunate encounter in a Georgetown bar. [[Leo McGarry|Leo]] tells [[Josiah Bartlet|the President]] that he's separated from his wife. [[C. J. Cregg|C.J.]] asks [[Sam Seaborn|Sam]] to help her understand the census. And [[Donna Moss|Donna]] is confused about why the government won't give taxpayers their money back when a budget surplus is discovered. |
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The first appearance of the occasional games of [[poker]] that the President plays with the senior staff, in which the President indulges in [[gamesmanship]] by asking trivia questions in an attempt to put the other players off, and to display his encyclopedic general knowledge. One of these is to identify the fourteen punctutation marks in common English [[grammar]]. Between them, [[C.J. Cregg|C.J.]], [[Sam Seaborn|Sam]], [[Mandy Hampton|Mandy]], [[Josh Lyman|Josh]] and [[Leo McGarry|Leo]] identify seven, while [[Toby Ziegler|Toby]] is able to reel off the remaining seven. The fourteen are [[full stop|Period]], [[Comma]], [[Colon (punctuation)|Colon]], [[Semi-colon]], [[Dash]], [[Hyphen]], [[Apostrophe]], [[Question mark]], [[exclamation point]], [[quotation marks]], [[Square bracket|brackets]], [[Bracket|parentheses]], [[Curly bracket|braces]], and [[ellipsis| |
The first appearance of the occasional games of [[poker]] that the President plays with the senior staff, in which the President indulges in [[gamesmanship]] by asking trivia questions in an attempt to put the other players off, and to display his encyclopedic general knowledge. One of these is to identify the fourteen punctutation marks in common English [[grammar]]. Between them, [[C.J. Cregg|C.J.]], [[Sam Seaborn|Sam]], [[Mandy Hampton|Mandy]], [[Josh Lyman|Josh]] and [[Leo McGarry|Leo]] identify seven, while [[Toby Ziegler|Toby]] is able to reel off the remaining seven. The fourteen are [[full stop|Period]], [[Comma]], [[Colon (punctuation)|Colon]], [[Semi-colon]], [[Dash]], [[Hyphen]], [[Apostrophe]], [[Question mark]], [[exclamation point]], [[quotation marks]], [[Square bracket|brackets]], [[Bracket|parentheses]], [[Curly bracket|braces]], and [[ellipsis|ellipsis]]. |
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"Mr. Willis of Ohio" is the 6th episode of The West Wing. The title of the episode refers to the character of Mr. Wilis, whose vote is essential if an amendment in census taking methodology is to pass.
Plot
West Wing staffers court votes against a new census-taking methodology amendment and the President's daughter Zoey has an unfortunate encounter in a Georgetown bar. Leo tells the President that he's separated from his wife. C.J. asks Sam to help her understand the census. And Donna is confused about why the government won't give taxpayers their money back when a budget surplus is discovered.
Note
The first appearance of the occasional games of poker that the President plays with the senior staff, in which the President indulges in gamesmanship by asking trivia questions in an attempt to put the other players off, and to display his encyclopedic general knowledge. One of these is to identify the fourteen punctutation marks in common English grammar. Between them, C.J., Sam, Mandy, Josh and Leo identify seven, while Toby is able to reel off the remaining seven. The fourteen are Period, Comma, Colon, Semi-colon, Dash, Hyphen, Apostrophe, Question mark, exclamation point, quotation marks, brackets, parentheses, braces, and ellipsis.
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