Word: humphreyism
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First there was Humphrey, the desultory humpback whale saved from starvation in California's Sacramento River in 1985 by an armada of whale lovers who successfully herded him out to sea. Last summer there was Henry, a young whale who made a wrong turn and ended up in New York's polluted harbor before regaining his bearings. Then last week the sight of three battered and bloodied gray whales gasping for breath at holes in a thickening Arctic ice pack caused Americans to forget, for a moment or two, both the World Series and the Bush-Dukakis race...
...Heinz (Pa.). The Bush campaign's success in restoring confidence in GOP leadership after Reagan popularity began to diminish has helped some Republican incumbents who would have faced much more serious challenges. Sen. Dave F. Durenberger (R-Minn.) continues to hold onto a fairly strong lead against Hubert H. Humphrey III, the son of the former vice president...
MINNESOTA. Democrat Hubert Humphrey III cried out to voters to stop comparing him with his beloved late father and start weighing him against his opponent, Senator Dave Durenberger. They have, and it may be helping. "Skip" Humphrey, the state's attorney general, has been slinging dirt at Durenberger on character issues. But Durenberger's senatorial bearing and flawless environmental record have given him a lead. If Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer- Labor Party is of a mind to, it could still rescue Humphrey...
...USIA obtained funding and the right to grant that money from Congress with the help of Senator Gordon Humphrey...
Bill Anthony, press secretary for Humphrey, also denied a clear link with the CIA. "As far as [the Afghan program] being a CIA effort, that is in dispute. We don't feel that...