But we wouldn't know about Dowd's failure to muster a response, or about Lewinsky's poise and forthrightness, unless Dowd herself had chosen to tell us.
Dowd and Lewinsky had different responses to the same situation.
mnli hypothesis: Dowd and Lewinsky had different responses to the same situation. premise: But we wouldn't know about Dowd's failure to muster a response, or about Lewinsky's poise and forthrightness, unless Dowd herself had chosen to tell us.