Routine (Metaphor)
When Woodward started working for the Post, he hoped to try something new. Once he was asked to come to an office on Saturday. It was June 17, 1972. Although he usually didn’t mind Saturday assignments, he was slightly disappointed that time. That was a burglary at the local Democratic headquarters and it reminded Woodward of the case he had worked on before. It seemed to him that “he was back in the same old slot”. This metaphor meant that Woodward had to deal with one more similar task.
Return (Metaphor)
While the reporters of the Post were trying to find out as much information as possible about Hunt, he kept silence. To say more, he disappeared at all. No one knew where he was. It was clear as a day that he could not disappear from the face of the Earth forever. Although the FBI assigned 150 agents to the search, Hunt “came in from the cold” only after appearance of a story about him in the Post.
A front-page story (Metaphor)
To be an executive director and to be a reporter is a completely different story. Being a reporter, Rosenfeld wants his stories to be read by people and get as much attention as possible. Being an executive director, Bradlee can’t publish something on a front page without having enough evidence. That is why Bradlee doesn’t allow Rosenfeld’s story “to go on page one”. In other words, he refuses to print it on a front page, for he knows that front-page stories attract more attention.
Favorite spots (Simile)
People were equally surprised with a burglary at the local Democratic headquarters and the fact that the headquarters were in downtown Washington. That place was “as Republican as the Union League Club”.
Under interrogation (Simile)
Moore was “as unnerved by the FBI’s visit as by Bernstein’s call”. The reason of his nervousness could be explained with the fact that both the FBI and the Post could cause a lot of problems. There is no need to underestimate influence of the press. All information found either by the FBI or the Post could be easily used against him.
Secrecy (Simile)
Although CRP was just a fund raising organization, which was supposed to be used for re-election activities, it was “as impenetrable as a super-secret national security bureaucracy”. One couldn’t even enter the building because of the guard. This secrecy only increased suspicions of the press.
