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Meanwhile, Jeff Carter, 24, the shiest of the boys, was rocketing around Oklahoma, where his boots-and-jeans style was especially appreciated. "At first I despised it," he confesses, "havin' to go up to people and try to talk to them. Now they come up to me." When he is asked what he does on the hustings, Jeff replies: "I give speeches.I eat cookies. I cut ribbons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: It's a Clash of the Clans | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

DONNEL ("JEFF"), 23, is working on a degree in government at Georgia State and wants to become an urban planner. The shiest of the sons, he lives in an apartment in Atlanta with his wife Annette, when he is not helping his father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Carters: Spreading Like Moss | 7/19/1976 | See Source »

...first saw the U.S. at the age of seven, when his parents came home on furlough. At 15, after several months' wandering around Europe, he returned to attend Hotchkiss. He was one of the most traveled but shiest boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: He Ran the Course | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

...Godfrey's somnolent saloon drone. When Paar appears on screen, there is an odd, hesitant hitch to his stride. For a split self-effacing second he is a late arrival, worried that he has blundered into the wrong party. His shy smile-he has developed one of the shiest smiles in the business-seems to ask a question: "Is this applause for me?" Then he remembers: he is really the host. Almost diffidently he pulls up a chair. What Paar calls his "cute little Presbyterian face" beams puckishly. With his voice wavering between a whisper and a sigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Late-Night Affair | 8/18/1958 | See Source »

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