Word: careers
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Graham, who counseled every president since Harry Truman, began his career more than a half century ago and has visited more than 100 countries--including the nations of the former Soviet bloc--with his evangelical message...
...remarkable career, Graham managed to avoid the financial and sexual scandals that have plagued other evangelists. He never built a church of his own, instead directing his followers to their own local churches...
...skinny, resourceful farm kid in Missouri, Mulkey used the head of a post maul as a shot put, a plow disk as a discus, a pitchfork handle as a javelin. He cut a bamboo tree into a pole and vaulted onto the garage. That was the beginning of a career that took him to the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Going into the finals in the decathlon, he needed only to clear his usual height of 14 ft. 10 in., in the pole vault to win a bronze medal. But he pulled a groin muscle and had to withdraw...
Duckman, a high jumper, long jumper and javelin thrower, has been slowed down from time to time but never stopped. As a young man growing up in Bayonne, N.J., he could toss a football 65 yds. He briefly hoped for a career in professional baseball, but he didn't perform well under big-time pressure. Instead he worked days in the local General Motors plant, studied for a bachelor's degree at night and became a schoolteacher...
...Harvard defense is led by three team All-Ivy selection, co-captain Jessie Larson--who has also added the first four points of her collegiate career this season...