2021考研英語長難句復習（一二九）

　　

　　Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firm’s outsider status as the key to its success. Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong.Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent voice.

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　　弗里德曼依靠的是在奧斯汀市為數(shù)不多20名員工。其中幾位員工有軍事情報工作背景。他把公司的局外人地位視為成功的關鍵。斯特福德的簡報聽起來不像華盛頓當局那樣常常反復其詞，政府機構借此避免發(fā)表引人注目的聲明，以免出錯。弗里德曼說，斯特福德以其的獨立的聲音為傲。