Word: grahame
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...into the realms of trying to assess the behind-the-scenes influence that he exerted, and that's not so easy," says Graham Walker, professor of political history at Queen's University in Belfast. "Ted Kennedy's role in that era was keeping the wilder voices of Irish America in check. There were a lot of headlines in the 1970s about his calls for 'troops out,' but I think as time went on he was a moderating influence, pushing [Irish] Republicans along a political path." (See pictures of the British army withdrawing from Northern Ireland...
...Kerry was disappointed, but he quickly buckled down. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, had never had much reason to work with Kerry before this year. So he was surprised when Kerry approached him in the Senate about a month ago. "He came over to me, and he said he'd like to see if we could find some middle ground on global warming," Graham recalls. With California Senator Barbara Boxer, Kerry has been gathering Senators from both sides of the aisle for weekly meetings on climate-change legislation. The bill was thought to be a nonstarter in the Senate...
...line instead of propping him up. Recall how Balthazar Johannes Vorster brought Ian Smith into line and forced a free and fair election. All authorities recognize the last Zimbabwean one wasn't, and yet Mugabe is still in a strong position of authority. Shame on you, South Africa! Peter Graham, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
...line instead of propping him up. Recall how Balthazar Johannes Vorster brought Ian Smith into line and forced a free and fair election. All authorities recognize the last Zimbabwean one wasn't, and yet Mugabe is still in a strong position of authority. Shame on you, South Africa! Peter Graham Johannesburg, South Africa
...Rumsfeld Afghanistan.' LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina Senator, referring to former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's decision--now widely perceived to have been a mistake--to limit the number of troops on the ground in Iraq; Graham is lobbying to deploy more soldiers to Afghanistan...