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...School years. “Unfortunately, the current political climate in Washington is such that whoever’s a public face gets fried to a crisp.” Wagoner was known for being “polite to a fault” and “self-effacing?? both during and after his time at Harvard, according to sectionmate David G. Offensend. But in his attempts to reform GM, his proclivity for “understatement” may have hindered efforts to convince a doubtful public that the company was aggressively moving forward with quality...
...says, “and I think those things are evident now.”Steiker also pinpoints Kagan’s “very natural, New Yorky” grounding as one of the sources of her likability.Kagan’s “somewhat self-effacing?? sense of humor makes her an engaging personality who can connect well with a diverse group of people, Steiker says. During the Senate confirmation hearing, Kagan elicited chuckles from the panel by calling herself a “pipsqueak” clerking for then-Supreme Court Justice Thurgood...
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