Word: humphreyism
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...Hubert Humphrey, in 1968, was the last Democrat to win his party's nomination without winning the most votes in the primaries. Most politicians tend to be cautious, straitlaced people. Confronted by the raging television torrent, by the strange new theatrics of public performance, which makes every last word or handshake a potentially career-threatening experience, they sought creative help to navigate the waters. And so, the pollster-consultant industrial complex was born. By 1976, the process had been turned upside down. A politician most Americans had never heard of-Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia-won the Democratic nomination...
Despite the many setbacks along the way, Gittes eventually uncovers the truth. But this is the prime of cinematic cynicism; knowing the truth doesn’t allow this very flawed hero to tie up all the loose ends. It’s as if someone set Humphrey Bogart’s Phillip Marlowe loose in the real world...
SHOPPING FOR PERFUME with consultant Olivier Aron, whose Paris-based firm R.O.S.A.E. tracks cosmetics consumers' behavior for companies including L'Oral, Guerlain and Este Lauder, is like going to the movies with a director. In Casablanca, you may see Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart romancing, but the director sees a wide-angle close-up sequence. Aron's passion is prowling the aisles to understand what makes shoppers reach for their wallets. At a Sephora perfumery in central Paris, for example, Hugo Boss's new men's fragrance, Energize, is thoughtfully organized on stand-alone shelves complete with dipsticks...
...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...
...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...