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...sweet triumph for the former college professor, who had been the first Congressman to challenge the red-baiting Senator Joseph McCarthy. But the savor of March '68 didn't last long. Robert Kennedy defeated him in the June 5 California primary, then was shot dead that night. Hubert Humphrey, favorite of the party bosses, was nominated at a Chicago convention that was chaos inside, carnage on the streets. Richard Nixon won the general election, and the war raged another seven years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eugene McCarthy: 1916-2005 | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...Harvard Dance Program Elizabeth Bergmann.The 14-minute piece is actually an excerpt from a longer work set to Bach’s “Suite for Musical Offering,” and is Limón’s tribute to his mentor, renowned choreographer and dancer Doris Humphrey. According to Adam R. Singerman ’09, the 13 dancers in the piece have been practicing a minimum of three hours per week since just after shopping period. Another piece in the show, concert opener “Homage,” is Bergmann’s tribute...

Author: By Tiffanie K Hsu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Dance Center in the Spotlight | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Jason Robards ... Did you ever think of dating an accountant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A Lauren Bacall | 7/31/2005 | See Source »

...cousins, who were born in the town of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, have wanted to make pictures since they were teenagers. Golan, the elder partner, devoted much of his time to the movies, watching his screen idols, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart and Charlie Chaplin. He spent the '50s working in the theater, and though he became Israel's highest-paid director, he now regards the time as wasted; it kept him from his true love, the movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Bring Back the Moguls! | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Humphrey Bogart was a brilliant smoker. He taught generations how to hold a cigarette, how to inhale, how to squint through the smoke. But as a kisser, Bogart was an awful example. His mouth addressed a woman's lips with the quivering nibble of a horse closing in on an apple. Better to study, say, the suave carnality of Gary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Changing the Signals of Passion | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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