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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...noted the series of photos showing Humphrey with assorted personages from 1960 to 1967. The 1960 picture caught my eye: Humphrey was very noticeably white-haired; now his hair is virtually black. Is this a New Dawn for the Vice President? Only his hairdresser knows for sure. Come to think of it, there may be a Lady Clairol lurking behind the scenes even for non-greying, 58-year-old Ronald Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 17, 1968 | 5/17/1968 | See Source »

House Republicans wanted a slice of $6 billion, but appeared ready to compromise at $5 billion. With that amount, Mills was sure that he could muster 90 to 100 Republican votes for the tax rise, more than enough to offset the defection of liberal Democrats, who agreed with the President that the budget needed more, not less money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: The Price of Prudence | 5/17/1968 | See Source »

...grant final approval on appointments and on major statutes, but these matters are actually decided at a Faculty level and receive only a rubber-stamp from the Overseers. The presence of Overseers merely forces University officers to justify their decision intelligently to laymen--distinguished and sympathetic laymen to be sure--but still laymen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Wrong Approach | 5/16/1968 | See Source »

With no little degree of self-satisfaction, we slept on church floors and lived on peanut butter sandwiches. During the last 36 hours of the campaign we hardly slept at all. To be sure, there were exceptions. Saturday afternoon, a rather unusual call came through: four beds were offered to anyone from Harvard. We quickly junked any egalitarian tendencies and accepted. We never discovered just why we had been requested. The house, an extremely comfortable place near the Governor's estate, was owned by a Nixon Republican and his wife, a Kennedy supporter. Neither had any connection with Harvard. They...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: The Crusade Hits Indiana, Which Is Not The Promised Land | 5/15/1968 | See Source »

...seemed quite sure how many of us there were. Some press accounts claimed 7,000 students had entered the state. Mary McCarthy told reporters it was more like 9,000. In Indianapolis alone, there were 2,500 of us. All Friday night, reports kept reaching headquarters of groups still due to arrive: some kids from central Massachusetts, flying half fare, had been bumped in New York, a bus had broken down in Ohio. At midnight, they were still trying to house 300 unexpected volunteers...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: The Crusade Hits Indiana, Which Is Not The Promised Land | 5/15/1968 | See Source »

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