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...they have it) within walking distance of my home in Illinois, I would consider having a driver’s license less of a necessity. Even the environmental friendliness of not driving would make up for having to carry my passport around as proof of being 21. There is comfort, though, in knowing that, if the opportunity presented itself, I could hijack the Hamptons jitney or make the six-hour, 25-mile trip to New Jersey at six p.m. on a weekday...
Beyond these cultural concerns, the high-heeled habits of New York women baffle my Californian comfort-oriented sensibilities. Even in the face of metal grates and cracked sidewalks, the often dress-coded nightlife prompts Manhattanites to slip on sexy stilettos, whose elegant curves reveal well-manicured toes. But unlike the daytime pumps, this evening footwear lasts the duration of the night—from dinner to bar to club—without the respite of commute-time costume changes...
...when Graham was around, Presidents found themselves at ease, not on edge. They could tell that Graham wasn't there to lobby or confront but to listen and comfort. Because he made it safe to ask the simplest spiritual questions, conversations with Graham had a way of circling around to the eternal, to sin and salvation and to what death really means. Back in 1955, when Dwight Eisenhower had become Graham's first real friend in the White House, he used to press the evangelist on how people can really know if they are going to heaven. "I didn...
...told us, "because he knew that you had to tell a story, you had to connect with people--all the things we talk about in politics." To the Presidents, Graham's fame and charisma made him a virtual peer: "I think there was a recognition there, and a comfort, with dealing with someone who was a public person," Clinton observed, "who had to put up with what's wonderful about being in the public eye and what's kind of a drag...
...Most of all, I take comfort in the Word of God, and in the hope we can have of eternal life in Heaven because of Christ's death and resurrection for us. I've preached this message almost all my life, and it means more to me now than ever before...