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...helped harvest the Italian vote for him. Remigia and their daughters, Remi, 17, and Edwina, 14, will stay in Newton for the time being while the Senator commutes there weekends. Although she loves meeting people, Remigia has a knack for mangling their last names (Dirksen becomes "Dirdis" or "Kirkenson"). Recently she confided her problem to a dinner partner, Vice President Humphrey, who astutely advised her: "Just call them 'Honey' or 'Sweetie.' " Vote White. Until he was 30 years old, Ed Brooke never even voted. Then in 1950, several friends suggested that he run for the Massachusetts legislature. When he told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Senate: An Individual Who Happens To Be a Negro | 2/17/1967 | See Source »

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