Word: graff
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...Scholar and a Gentleman James Graff's profile of François Bayrou [March 26], although most interesting, seemed to give an unfair and somewhat distorted impression of the French presidential candidate's intellectual background. I am writing here as an academic, not a politician. Bayrou is a farmer's son, for sure, and a gentleman farmer, probably. But while he is no product of a French administrative or political grande école, he is a doctor of literature. He is, therefore, quite an erudite individual. No nitwit! And an excellent, learned writer in his own right. Françoise...
...French presidential elections, upending the classic right-left battle between frontrunners Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal. No one is quite sure what he'll do if he wins, but that hasn't dimmed his appeal, at least not yet. He spoke to TIME's James Graff during a campaign stint in Normandy...
...apparent suicide in 1970 of her young psychiatrist - his daughter, it turned out, who had been abandoned decades before. In Callil's gifted hands, Louis Darquier's story becomes a history of modern French anti-Semitism - and a stark reminder of the Vichy regime's depravity. - By James Graff 3. Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow...
...more than 20,000 Americans who have suffered terrible physical and mental wounds there. Weisskopf's story brought attention to thousands of soldiers who left their youth, limbs and peace of mind overseas. They will never forget their government's deception in leading them into an unnecessary war. Florence Graff Wappingers Falls, New York...
...more than 20,000 Americans who have suffered terrible physical and mental wounds there. Weisskopf's story brought attention to thousands of soldiers who left their youth, limbs and peace of mind overseas. They will never forget their government's deception in leading them into an unnecessary war. Florence Graff Wappingers Falls, New York, U.S. Weisskopf said he asked his psychologist why he had grabbed the grenade, and the answer was that it was an act of self-preservation - "That's what all heroes are made of." I disagree that heroism is rooted in self-preservation. The soldier who throws...