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...evangelist spent much of his time discussing college students. "The university and college student today has a greater sense of religious inquiry than in any generation before," he said. "The question they ask are completely different from the ones that were heard 10 to 15 years...
...evangelist said his week-long stay at the University will not be a "crusade." His appearances will consist of 30-minute lectures, followed by long question-and-answer sessions...
...hand and said: "I always wanted to meet Mark Twain." Almost speech less, Holbrook forgot several subsequent lines, blew others, and later admitted: "I was really frightened." Among the Prestigious. Then came the annual presidential prayer breakfast, attended by some 1,000 men at the Mayflower Hotel. Evangelist Billy Gra ham preached, Revival Singer George Beverly Shea let out resoundingly with My Saviour God to Thee, and Johnson called for a privately financed, all-faiths "Center of Prayer" in Washington. He then went across the hall to a separate prayer breakfast for women, assured the ladies that prayer...
...fish like that commands respect, sir. Solicitude, even. "Bonefish fight so hard that they almost deserve to get away," says Pete Perinchief, 43, director of Bermuda's Fishing Information Bureau and a bonefish evangelist. He fishes only with artificial lures ("More sporting, y'know"), once caught a 13-pounder on 6-lb.-test line-and releases practically every fish he lands. He even has a technique for reviving a fish that has fought so long and hard that it no longer has the strength to swim. Gently cradling the fish in one hand, he wiggles its tail until...
...visit to the University is part of Graham's effort to carry his message to students everywhere. His trip will not be the usual Graham crusade. He will hold more discussions with listeners than on regular missions. The evangelist is returning to Boston with his entire team for an organized crusade in September...