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Ironically, much of Greenspan's success is attributed to his obsession with data and his uncanny ability to obfuscate. Known around Washington as Greenspeak, his signature style is marked by drawn-out, cryptic statements on the economy that leave listeners alternately impressed and befuddled. "His style of speaking reflects his style of thinking--careful, very nuanced, analytically driven and balanced," says a Fed official...
...Watson quit Greenpeace as too timid and started the more radical Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, whose tactics include ramming whaling ships. Eventually Hunter quit as well, but the two left a big legacy: a wavemaking outfit ever ready for new battles, the latest against genetically modified foods--or, in Greenspeak, Frankenfoods...
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