Word: warmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minnesota Senator well realizes, and doesn't regret, the haziness of his ideology: "(Liberalism) ... is basically an attitude toward life rather than a dogma--characterized by a warm heart, an open mind, and willing hands." He speaks of compassion far more than justice; he stresses understanding and deprecates revenge. Dramatically different from the leftist radicalism of the '30's and the civil rights militance of the 60's, his is the "soft" liberalism of the 40's--a liberalism which fades rather easily into paternalism...
...contrast to this casual perfection, big Gregor Piatigorsky is a warm, voluble, gregarious man who wraps himself around "this wonderful, beautiful, aristocratic instrument"-and the world -with a lover's tenderness...
...morning when the judges announced the results, six tense hours after the final contest began. As they handed Mitchell his prize, a gold medal, a band struck up God Save the Queen, and the audience stood to give him a long, warm round of applause. "All I was concerned about was to bring Australia the gold medal," said Mitchell proudly...
...favorite colors of the Pre-Raphaelite painters was called Mummy Brown - and not out of joking affection. It was a warm pigment made from the bitumen used by ancient Egyptians to embalm their dead, famed for its preservative powers...
...until he reached San Antonio did Humphrey begin to warm up. There he attracted 5,000 people, including many Mexican-Americans, to the Alamo, led them through his now familiar litany. "Most Americans," he said, "thought we should pass a civil rights bill. Most Americans, most Senators, most Congressmen thought that all citizenship should be first-class citizenship. But . . ." The crowd quickly responded ". . . not Senator Goldwater...