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Friends, family members and even sometime adversaries agree that in presenting arguments, sounding out opponents or seeking compromise, Ocasio is seldom intimidated. And, they add, his integrity seems unimpeachable...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Holding On, Speaking Out, Moving Up | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...strives for what he think is right," says Isabel Ocasio, in Puerto Rico. Wendell's mother, Isabel may not be his sternest judge, but she says that, after 20 years, his willingness to confront tough issues unflinchingly has earned respect from his friends and peers...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Holding On, Speaking Out, Moving Up | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

Even in high school, whether as student body president or head of every student group he participated in, Ocasio always emerged "on the top," she says...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Holding On, Speaking Out, Moving Up | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...quality led to Ocasio's appearance on the front line of Harvard activism, it was his ability to confidently articulate what roles minorities should be playing on campus...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Holding On, Speaking Out, Moving Up | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

Characterized by spontaneity, passion and receptivity to his audience, Ocasio's public statements have become a highlight of student demonstrations for hiring reform. Ocasio says that often he goes before crowds with only an outline of an idea rather than a prepared speech, and draws his cues from listeners...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Holding On, Speaking Out, Moving Up | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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