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Dan Janison: As term wanes, will Bloomberg maintain composure?

One day two winters ago, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, just back from an overseas trip, traveled to Albany to testify at a key fiscal hearing. During his testimony, he grew agitated at an Assembly Ways and Means Committee staffer who was whispering information to a lawmaker -- a practice even casual viewers of C-Span know is utterly routine.

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