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Energetic and articulate, "young Michael" Manley has brought new confidence, style and warmth to the traditionally conservative island politics. Swept to a landslide victory over the Labor Party last February on a platform of "love power," he has used his office to persuade his countrymen to shed some of the unhappier legacies of British rule. "One of the greatest tragedies of the whole postcolonial period," he told TIME'S Bernard Diederich, "is the tendency to come out of a dependent situation with a psychology of dependence." To help make the point, Manley has broken with the British shirt...
...pitched to those in the 25-to-45 age group who earn more than $15,000 a year. Publisher Michael J. O'Neill promises that the new Epicure will "not be just another food magazine. It will showcase dining as a focal point of living, with wit and warmth." Planned circulation...
Late in the afternoon, Kennedy flew by private jet to Miami Beach. Arriving on the podium after Eagleton's speech, Kennedy drew the convention's first display of unmitigated warmth, a roaring standing ovation. Then, in a powerful speech written by Richard Goodwin, Kennedy delivered an evangelistic plea for unity. He sounded less boyish than he used to, speaking in driving cadences reminiscent of his brothers and somewhat of F.D.R. His rhetoric seemed rotund in comparison to McGovern's prairie tones. "For there is a new wind rising over the land," he said. "In it can be heard many things...
EVERYBODY likes Willie," said a friend when William Whitelaw was named Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. "Even the grottiest Irishman should warm to him in time." Big, breezy Whitelaw, who turns 54 this week, brought to his daunting task a large measure of personal charm and warmth. In the words of an admiring aide: "He radiates good will, patience, impartiality, but underneath, he's a very cunning man-it's an ideal mix." If peace is finally achieved in Northern Ireland, the credit will belong largely to the man who, as a Catholic politician recently...
Crowds at most Humphrey rallies have been sparse, usually a mixture of labor union members, blacks, Mexican-Americans and the elderly. They respond to Hubert with warmth and affection, but there is a woeful absence of the fiery spontaneity that greets a Wallace or a Kennedy or even, sometimes, a McGovern. An integral fixture of the national Humphrey campaign has been the potbellied union leaders who could double as precinct bosses. Their rye-and-gravel voices and center-city accents prompted some newsmen following Humphrey to invent a mythical character named Augie. Introducing Humphrey to union crowds, California Labor Chieftain...