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<text id=89TT2146>
<title>
Aug. 21, 1989: A Lovable Winner
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Aug. 21, 1989 How Bush Decides
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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PEOPLE, Page 61
A Lovable Winner
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<p>By Emily Mitchell/Reported by Wendy Cole
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<p> At first, good ol' Charlie Brown "was going to be a
smart-alecky little guy," says Charles Schulz, 66. But instead
Peanuts' creator made him into a lovable loser. Inspiration was
close at hand, says columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson in her
upcoming biography Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz.
"For Schulz," she says, "humor comes from sad things, not happy
things. All of life's embarrassments remain fresh." One memory
is especially poignant. In 1950 a real-life "little red-haired
girl" spurned his marriage proposal. Says Schulz, who dashed off
a self-portrait for this item: "You never get over a loss like
that."
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</body></article>
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