Is This a First?

Reading Thomas Friedman's Op-Ed piece today I was surprised to see the highlighting in the first sentence. The NYT is linking to the Washington Post. Do they do this often? It's the first I've seen. Here's the first paragraph:

The Washington Post had a story on Monday that contained possibly the greatest hint to a sitting cabinet secretary to start looking for another job that has ever been printed. The article reported, "One senior administration official said Treasury Secretary John W. Snow can stay as long as he wants, provided it is not very long."

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