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Navy Credentials. In the mystique of West Virginia politics, liberalism can sometimes be too much of a good thing, and Humphrey's all-out liberal record may prove to be a handicap. "He's so liberal he'd sell the Capitol," commented a West Virginia Democrat last week. To push his own campaign along, Kennedy plans to use a special ploy: he is a certified war hero-an important credential in a state where American Legion and V.F.W. halls are important social-gathering centers. Before the campaign's end, Kennedy hopes to have his picture...
...those who have seen Kenyatta recently say that in his 60s he is an alcoholic wreck. There are younger challengers to Mboya too, and his Luo origin remains a handicap among the Kikuyu, who resent the fact that the Luos stayed out of the Mau Mau troubles and inherited good jobs in Nairobi...
...stump, spills ashes on his shirt and works the crowd to frenzy. His program is honest government, slashing bureaucracy, building roads and power plants, and turning private enterprise loose for progress. He describes his own nationalism as "grownup, vaccinated and old enough to vote." Quadros' main handicap: the streak of eccentricity that led him to pull out of the race one week and jump back in almost immediately (TIME, Dec. 7 et seq.). Betting odds last week: about even...
...teeing off on a golf course one day when someone used the word handicap, and he cracked: "Talk about handicap-I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew." His name: a) Sugar Ray Robinson...
Song-and-Dance-Man Sammy Davis Jr. was teeing off on the golf course one day when his opponent asked him what his handicap was. "Handicap?" wisecracked Davis. "Talk about handicap-I'm a one-eyed Negro...