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Though one of the most talkative politicians of modern times, Humphrey will be remembered for his deeds, not his words. They were rarely memorable, but they were invariably heartfelt. They expressed rather than camouflaged the real man. A Humphrey sampler...
...Bayonne, N.J., where at the age of ten he knocked on doors to help his father find work. He once proposed a national jobs program that would cast the Government as the employer of last resort. If he gave first priority to fighting inflation, it was because of his heartfelt belief that inflation causes unemployment...
...damask-hung walls of the Senate chamber reverberated with the longest, most heartfelt outpouring of affection and admiration that anyone could remember. Hubert Humphrey had returned to the place he loves "with blind devotion." Eleven weeks after doctors discovered that his pelvic cancer had spread and was beyond surgery, the "Happy Warrior" of the Democratic Party was back at the desk he has occupied for 21 years. TIME Correspondent Bonnie Angela reports...
...only knows-if, indeed, He or She does-how much needless fear of words has been generated by the campaign to cleanse public language of slander, denigration and defamation. It has obviously reduced the use of contemptuous epithets, but it has also unnecessarily inflamed some tender sensibilities. Take the heartfelt claim that all Italians, and not merely an outlaw underground, tend to be stigmatized by the word Mafia. Should the question be: Can this term unintentionally offend someone? Or should not the questions be: Is there an organized underworld? Is it actually called the Mafia? If so, to call...
...scenes. This year the atmosphere is more casual, the dress less structured and the costumes more varied. There is more room in each role and that works to the show's advantage--while stereotyped characters still make stereotyped jokes, more interesting and real characters make more interesting and heartfelt jokes...