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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...most part favors carrots over sticks. She has a near eidetic memory for peoples' names and faces; she can tell you the names of nearly every one of her members' children and grandchildren. She sends hand-written cards congratulating parents on their offspring's milestones. "She's very gracious, courteous. She was raised in a family of politicians," says Rep, George Miller, a long time confidante and fellow Californian. "Illness, sickness, births, graduations and acceptances to college: she celebrates people's good fortune." (Take a glimpse into the world of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Her Way: Pelosi's Powers of Persuasion | 3/20/2010 | See Source »

...Everyone was very courteous, and there was no open hostility, but at the same time, afterwards I did have people coming to me saying they didn’t believe a word of it because humans were created only a few thousand years...

Author: By SOFIE C. BROOKS, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Richard W. Wrangham | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

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