Word: dunay
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...Dunay, ever on top of his game, is proud to say that he did begin his networking career in high school. As student government president, Dunay was able to meet the higher-ups in his local New Jersey political scene. “Everyone does have to start small,” he says...
Deep contemplation led Dunay to a decision he can live with: He is Dan sometimes, Daniel others. “I like to be personally informal, but formal,” he says. “I don’t want to come off as stuck-up, but in the same sense, the ‘A’ [his middle initial] only works with the Daniel. It’s the practicing-your-signature mentality; you start thinking about how people are receiving...
...While Dunay tries to be calculating, some of his peers and potential future political competitors are trying to be just the opposite. Coughlin, for instance. “Some students are under this illusion that their political career will be determined by every step they make here at Harvard,” he says. “If I don’t join the right clubs, if I don’t meet the right people, major in the right subject, then I get a late start in the game. It’s not a game...
...though moving from the small to the large may involve some sacrifices of integrity, Dunay says those are sacrifices he’s willing to make. “Don’t let what you see on television—that nice, smiling campaigning—don’t let yourself think it’s that easy,” he says, recalling advice a politician once gave him. “It’s a battle. It’s something good people don’t become involved in, by the very nature...
...Dunay, who identifies the opportunity to be respected by many and indebted to few as a major factor motivating his interest in holding elected office, agrees that prestige, though attractive, isn’t what it’s all about. “Yes, the game may be fun. Yes, it keeps us on our toes and building coalitions, but the main benefit of politics is the outcome,” he says. “The community can be helped, the system bettered...