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When I reminded Dole of those words last summer, he muttered his standard "Hmmmmm" and mumbled, "Yeah, I guess this time I've really got to say why I want the thing, you know. I mean, what I'd do with it, right? Got to get some new ideas and flesh 'em out. Not all at once. You can't do it in one big sermon. It'll come." Maybe so, but it hasn't yet. If it doesn't soon, Buchanan's verdict--"Bob's sooo boring"--will be the electorate's too, and Richard Nixon will be proved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: THE DANGER OF DULLNESS | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

Another week, another set of dysfunctional Harvardians who need me. I'm really beginning to get into this "Help me, I'm lost!" stuff. Send me more letters; I love 'em! This week, it seems people are beginning to lament about formals, frottage, and fudge. The three "Fs." Hmmmmm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Norma's Mom Knows Fudge | 2/23/1995 | See Source »

...find more physical and spiritual contentment with the earthy George? Will Lucy and George's brief encounter on the Tuscan hillside finally become public knowledge? Will Cecil fight for Lucy's hand or will he simply spend yet another hour in the Honeychurches' library reading up on Italian painting? Hmmmmm...

Author: By Cristina V. Coletta, | Title: A Fine Prospect | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

...Toad ever put pen to paper, it was reluctantly, to scribble in the margin of a college textbook ("Hmmmmm" or "Sez who?" or "Ha!"), or to write a check. Over the years, Toad's handwriting atrophied, until it was almost illegible. Who cared? Sonatas of language, symphonies, flowed from the Smith-Corona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Scribble, Scribble, Eh, Mr. Toad? | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

...Hmmmmm. You don't look 29. Who was president when you were born, Roosevelt...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Adult Responsibilities | 10/15/1985 | See Source »

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