Word: warmth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like most arists today Mirko rejects attempts, similar to those of Coney Island portraitists, at a frozen duplication of reality. The reality, he feels, is better than a copy because in the duplication you lose "the warmth of a cheek, or the movement of a tree." For art to equal nature it must "create its own magic reality...
...obscure the rare personal qualities of Pope Paul, which have been amply visible on his pilgrim voyages. Even his critics concede that Paul displayed considerable courage in issuing a birth-control decision that ran counter to the wishes of most of the faithful. Although he lacks the obvious warmth of John XXIII, Paul is an impressive and sympathetic figure before small audiences. "He is a man of anguish who communicates his anguish to others," says one Chicago priest. Unlike the aloof Pius XII, Paul almost never dines alone; unlike even John, who affected a quaint Renaissance mode of dress, Paul...
Scott needs the warmth and love that his family can give him. Losing them would be a far more traumatic experience than any he might have 14 or 15 years from now, when he starts to date. By that time, society may have altered so that interracial dating will no longer cause problems...
...stubborn Democratic battle that Humphrey watched in a 14th-floor hotel suite was in no small measure a tribute to his rare amalgam of warmth, courage, do-gooding liberalism and practical politics. "Hubert is not a gut fighter," Lyndon Johnson, an expert judge of the breed, carped in 1960. Yet Humphrey could hit hard and often-as he did in the closing weeks of the 1968 campaign. Despite his revilement by dis. sident Democrats, there is no reason why Humphrey should not remain a major figure in the Democratic Party. Still, his defeat marks an exit-the exit...
Gorey: Humphrey's audiences are responding differently now. Even his disorganization is helping him project more warmth. Humphrey is a "people man. He gets his ideas by and while talking. His campaign has an engaging "what the hell, let's see what happens" atmosphere about...