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he was able to report that, while Jobs’s health problems amounted
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
George Washington had warned the country against entangling alliances; Ike wanted to warn against the perils of ever-increasing defense expenditures and the garrison state.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
good democrat.” Jefferson
Jon Meacham • Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
Administrative responsibility came naturally. He handled the staff adroitly and was always able to cajole crusty Cambridge printers into opening the forms and remaking a page for last-minute submissions by tardy college journalists. “In his geniality was a kind of frictionless command,” his co-editor, W. Russell Bowie, recalled.53
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
He didn’t take sides; he just cared deeply for the place.
James Andrew Miller • Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency
consultant Ed Rollins. Rollins was
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Like at CN, nose-to-nose encounters with the new chief had a way of resonating throughout the organization.
Howard Green • RAILROADER: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison
experience, rather than honors, mattered most to him.