Word: grahame
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...This is rectifying, if you will, or recognizing a situation that probably should have changed a long time ago," said William A. Graham, the dean of the Divinity School who co-taught a course on Islam with Asani in the 1980s...
...break contracts. This is our dotcom bust, except worse, because our local governments are utterly dependent on construction for tax revenues, so they're slashing school and public-transportation budgets that were already among the nation's stingiest. "This may be our tipping point," says former Senator Bob Graham...
...even corporate titans who enjoy Florida vacations seem eager to relocate to a high-priced state with a service-economy workforce and troubled schools. "The decisions about relocating high-paying businesses are made by people who value education, and Florida isn't ready for the modern economy," says Graham, the former Senator. New corporate subsides will be a tough fiscal sell. "The politicians have told us: Not if it costs money," says Space Coast economic-development director Lynda Weatherman. The shuttle will be canceled in 2010, and her region may lose 6,000 jobs. "Six thousand...
John McCain is trying to take the halo off Barack Obama and portray him as a typical flip-flopping politician. "He's a calculating politician," Senator Lindsey Graham, a top McCain ally, says of Obama in a typical remark. Obama is making the Republicans' work easy. He is changing position after position, at the cost of sullying his reputation as a man who wants to change politics as usual. The candidates' strategies dovetail perfectly - which means one of them is making a big mistake...
...Obama holds a so-happy-together event with Hillary Clinton and snags a $4,600 contribution from the former First Couple. The left stays (mostly) mum as Obama jogs to the center on key social and security issues. John McCain has a warm photo op with Billy and Franklin Graham, but he still lags behind with Bush donors. Obama leads up to Independence Day vouching for his love of country while the media perpetuate a debate about patriotism and the candidates. Obama backer (and former NATO commander) Wesley Clark bumbles into the dustup by questioning whether McCain's years...