Word: muriel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...forget those storied Vice Presidents of the past?" he cried. "William A. Wheeler! Daniel D. Tomkins! Garret A. Hobart! and Henry Wilson!"* Thoroughly elated but also slightly troubled by his new position, Humphrey insisted to friends that "things will be just like they always have been between Muriel and me and our friends...
...Glow. They lined up and began the long march past the reviewing stand at the White House, which was walled by bulletproof glass and rimmed with scores of guards. Lady Bird was in a brilliant red dress and matching coat, Muriel Humphrey in a light-blue wool dress she had made herself. Both men's faces glistened in the glow of spotlights, giving them the look of a ruddy tan. And both seemed extraordinarily happy. Johnson appeared to recognize at least one individual in each of the 50 states' flotillas. Now he clapped heartily, now he smiled...
...World on a String. Luci, the Watusi expert, burned up the floor with her best beau, Paul Betz, a student at Maryland's Mount Saint Mary's College.* Lynda and Manhattan Stockbroker (and onetime White House aide) David Lefeve, and Hubert and Muriel Humphrey joined the rest...
...Uninaugural Ball." With commendable skill, the President danced with Lady Bird, changed mid-dance to pick up with Muriel Humphrey, the wives of Maryland's Senator Daniel Brewster, Pennsylvania's Senator Joe Clark, Commerce Secretary John Conner, Louisiana's Congressman Hale Boggs, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Postmaster General John Gronowski and Minnesota Governor Karl Rolvaag. He delighted the crowd when he helped hoist Margaret Truman Daniel over the rail at her box and took her for a brief spin on the floor...
...feeling that after that gracious introduction, what you are really saying is that you are going to do the dancing and let me dj the speaking." Lady Bird got in a word too: "Thank you-this is a day for joy for the Johnsons and the Humphreys." And Muriel: "Imagine following three of the greatest speakers in the whole United States! Have a good time tonight. It's a great day, and great days are ahead...