Word: grahamism
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Stephen M. Walt will speak at the Harvard Book Store at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25. He will be introduced by IOP fellow and former Senator Bob Graham, D-Fla.Stephen Walt’s new book “Taming American Power” could be re-titled “How to Talk to a Neoconservative (If You Must).” Of course Walt, the Belfer professor of international relations and academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government, would not approve of that title: it’s not his style. “Taming American...
...Graham: My wife and I feel extremely fortunate to be here and extremely fortunate to be staying at Mather House. [The phone rings. Graham converses with a producer friend about the film adaptation of Graham’s recent book, “Intelligence Matters.” The senator asks, “How are tickets for ‘Hairspray’ this week?” The reply seems promising.] The people are great. I’ve had some of the best conversations since I’ve been here on the elevator with students...
...Kerry campaign printed Kerry-Graham posters and bumper stickers in case John Edwards declined the vice presidential candidacy. Did you manage to get your hands on any of these...
...your race for governor in 1978, many of your supporters dubbed themselves “Graham crackers.” Sylvester Graham, inventor of the Graham cracker, believed—and I quote the Chicago Reader—“excessive carnal exercise would cause indigestion, headache, feebleness of circulation, pulmonary consumption, spinal diseases, epilepsy, insanity, and early death of offspring, among other things. He thought men should remain virgins until age 30 and then should make love only once a month.” What’s your take...
...Well, I knew something about the history of the graham. The grain that is called graham was originally harvested to make loaves of bread for people in insane asylums, because it was supposed to have some kind of a quieting influence. It’s not quite clear whether my last name Graham derives from the grain—that is, the people who happened to harvest or forest that grain, or whether it was the other way around...