Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There it was-acceptance: a key word in any conversation with Humphrey and a disturbing one. He has always worked hard for acceptance and approval. When fellow Senator Walter Mondale took himself out of the presidential running in 1974, he told Humphrey that wherever he had traveled he found affection for him. The news gladdened Humphrey. "Affection-I like that feeling," he says. For a man so decisive on issues, Humphrey is often but-terhearted in his dealings with people...
These days he shows no lack of confidence. He is far less inclined to run around trying to please people, more inclined to disagree, even sharply. A Humphrey autobiography to be published in April is uncharacteristically harsh on associates like Lyndon Johnson, Senator Abraham Ribicoff and Political Operator Jesse Unruh. He continues to defend big government, even though his aides warn him that such a position leaves him far out of step with the mood of the country. Last week at a Minneapolis luncheon for retired federal employees, the Senator pounded away at his theme. "Any politician who tells...
Prefers Home. In the next room, in a huge parlor with a cathedral ceiling, Muriel Humphrey reflects on her husband's new self-acceptance and happiness. "Now they want him," she says with a smile and soft voice. "People actually get mad at me when I say we aren't eager. They resent it. Before, we always had to fight our way uphill...
...home is finished. Our nine grandchildren are close by, we're finally coming out of our money problems. Hubert has never been happier. On Christmas Day one of the kids said to me, 'Dad is much calmer. He listens better.' " Muriel Humphrey has changed...
...longer responds obediently to Humphrey's political needs. In the past few years she has spent so much time in Minnesota that people have wondered if she was having trouble with her husband. She just prefers to be home near her big family. On a local TV show a few weeks ago, she said she hoped her husband would not get the nomination -a stand that she never would have taken publicly in the past...