Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...third in a series of new, educational specials called "The History of Drama: From Tragedy to Farce," faded and disappeared from the television screen. After several seconds of advertising, the picture dissolved to the three men who were part of America's second great presidential TV debate, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon and Howard K. Smith, the moderator. This was true American drama: the two nominees in the presidential contest representing the two major parties debating live before the entire nation the vital foreign and domestic issues affecting the country...
Born. To Hubert H. Humphrey III, 26, a University of Minnesota law student, and Lee Humphrey, 26: their second daughter; in St. Paul...
...SPOCK: "I want people to realize that of the two leading contenders for the presidency, Richard Nixon believes the war should be bloodier and faster. The leading Democratic contender is Hubert Humphrey, who has said nothing about the War. In fact he [Nixon] has been more in favor of the War than has Lyndon Johnson. I say, what an impasse for the United States to be in at this time. I say to the American People--Wake up, get out there and do something before it is too late, before we have another president committed to killing American...
...peace conference being held in Paris is a fraud. The president is pretending to move toward peace. The president has done nothing but shifted his slippery ground. We have made no progress except the withdrawl of Lyndon Johnson. Instead we have Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. There is no solution in sight. The War could be stopped if one hundred million Americans stood and said: let's stop it. More than half the American people think it is a mistake, but they don't have the initiative or energy to stand up and do something. Let's do something before...
...From what I have seen, I don't think Johnson is prepared to offer anything to the Vietnamese. And while we wait, 1000 or 2000 Americans are dying every month in Vietnam. The conference is a very ingenious way to take the pressure off himself [Johnson] and Vice-President Humphrey, and it takes some of the wind out of McCarthy's sails...