Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...amazes me that many people are saying there is no choice at all between Nixon and Humphrey. They may be right but they still have George Wallace, who I believe is the only man who is really telling it like it is. It's just that most Americans are afraid of a "real" change. In their hearts they know he's right...
...long with politics at Sea Girt, N.J., and the night was long with parties. In the morning, Presidential Candidate Hubert Humphrey was up early, relaxing by wading in the surf. When he spotted a clutch of reporters straggling in his wake, he called out: "Come on, fellows, let's do a little jogging." Only TIME'S Hays Gorey took off his shoes and accepted the challenge. "Let's make it a race," Humphrey said. So Gorey took off in a 20-yd. sprint. He edged out Humphrey...
...repeat performance for the photographers, Gorey finished in front once more. Loyally, Dr. Edgar Berman, Humphrey's personal physician, declared the Vice President the winner. "This is the first time he ever got the better of TIME Magazine," Berman insisted. But Gorey is sticking to his claim of victory, and he has the picture to prove...
...Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon, the U.S. has two presidential candidates of proven competence, extraordinary experience in affairs of state and irreproachable private lives. Though neither has the particular panache or grace that commends one to a style-conscious age, each is nonetheless a man of some substance who, at least on paper, seems well qualified for the nation's highest office. Yet both have lurched off on their campaigns with so uncertain and uninspiring a beginning that the electorate may justly wonder whether either can bring any illumination or imagination to the serious problems that face the nation...
...Humphrey's case, the desperation of the underdog accounted for part of the poor performance. Uncertain of his flanks, overeager to please often-hostile audiences and skeptical fellow Democrats, the Vice President stumbled through a ghastly week, reviving an old concern that he may lack sufficient internal discipline for the White House. Nixon's campaign, on the other hand, was dominated by the overcautious approach of a man determined to preserve a long lead by avoiding errors. While Humphrey reeled garrulously from one position to another, Nixon glided over issues with skillfully pleonastic evasions, often taking no stand...