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1954, I was watching the McCarthy
hearings on television.
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I had trouble keeping my mind
on the testimony.
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There was this beautiful young woman
sitting in the first row of the gallery.
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Every time the camera would catch her
in the background, she was doing this.
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I was fascinated.
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I watched for hours,
trying to catch sight of her.
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Finally, I couldn't stand it any longer.
I called the hearing room.
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Had the guard...
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ask her if she would call me during recess.
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Amazingly enough, she did. I introduced
myself and asked her what she was doing.
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She said she was mouthing the words
"McCarthy is a weasel. "
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Subliminal advertising, she called it.
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She said it would stick in people's minds
forever and no matter what, she claimed,
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it would sway the deaf vote.
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I got on the next plane
and we were married a month later.