Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Striding to the rostrum for his own acceptance speech, Lyndon knew that it was getting late and that the primetime televiewers would soon be flicking off their sets. He unstrapped his wristwatch, held it up to silence the cheers. "I accept your nomination," he began. "I accept the duty of leading this party to victory." When he added, "I thank you for placing at my side the man you; so wisely selected to be the next Vice President," the delegates burst into laughter. Even Lyndon had to smile...
...there were real gifts behind Hubert's gab was Texas' Lyndon Johnson, who had been sworn into the Senate on the same day as Humphrey. "I wish I could be that boy's trainer," Johnson once remarked of Humphrey. Now, realizing that Humphrey was ready to accept some training, Johnson sought out the Minnesotan. "Hubert," he said, "I want you to meet the people around here who count." Humphrey took to talking with Georgia's wise old Senator Walter George, who had been among the first to scorn Hubert as an upstart. Senate veterans still remember...
...hopes sagged, but they were revived on Tuesday night, just before the convention started its second session. Humphrey was summoned to Atlantic City's Colony Motel to talk to Johnson's man, Jim Rowe. The President, said Rowe, wanted Humphrey to fly to Washington immediately to accept Lyndon's blessing as the vice-presidential nominee. Unfortunately, the Atlantic City airport was closed down...
Throughout the week, Bobby maintained a solemn or at times sad look, whether watching Johnson and Humphrey accept the convention's nominations or attending a jampacked reception in his honor. The affair was hosted by New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner, who had only reluctantly backed Bobby for the New York Democratic senatorial nomination...
...care of skilled therapists, infants spend an average 72 days as in-patients in the Springfield hospital, learning to use simple beginner prostheses-a hook for a hand, a short, thick stilt for a leg. Because they are naturally so eager to walk and to handle objects, infants usually accept the prostheses as parts of their own bodies...