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Word: magnanimousâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1968-1968
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...communicate with the disinherited as few others of his race or rank are able to do. He can maul a William Manchester, then have the author serve as honorary chairman of a Kennedy for President club. He can be morose or merry, expansive or petty, merciless or magnanimous???all to an extreme degree. Says Lawrence O'Brien: "The pendulum just swings wider for him than it does for most people." For every Machiavellian maneuver there is a graceful gesture; for every half-truth or hyperbole there is a disarming pinch of self-depreciation: "You see what sacrifices I am willing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE POLITICS OF RESTORATION | 5/24/1968 | See Source »

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