It looks as if life has taught someone to be very careful

Every current picture of Miers shows a women with a tight-lipped smile and a scarily meek expression. It is an unprepossessing face. The picture on the White House website is a good example: Or this one, which the press loves (I think they like the echo of Nancy Reagan's loving stare): I was therefore completely stunned when I saw these picture of Miers about 35 and 25 years ago: Whatever life lessons she learned, they involved hiding that glow. These pictures alone hint that there is a lot more to Miers than first appears.