"INFORMATION, what city please?"

"Washington."

"May I help you?"

"Can you please give me the number of Ralph Nader, crusader against large impersonal corporations and interlocking directorates?"

"Mr. Nader does not have a Washington telephone number, can I give you his Center for the Study of Responsive Law?"

"Yes, that's fine."

"The number is 462-8800."

"CENTER for the Study of Responsive Law, may I help you?"

"Yes, I'd like some information on the Nader proposals to the GM stockholders' meeting next May-"

"Mr. Esposito is the lawyer who is handling that from this office, but he's not here right now. You might try calling him at the Corporate Responsibility division. The number is 387-4222."

"HELLO, Project on Corporate Responsibility, may I help you?"

"Yes, I'm trying to reach Mr. Esposito about-"

"He's not here right now, have you tried calling him at the Center for the Study of Responsive Law?"

"Yes."

Well, then maybe he is in another division. Why don't you try calling the other office. The number is 387-8655."