Word: grahamism
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...Study Commission, which had been appointed by President Bill Clinton and congressional leaders, called for closing the Nevada loophole. Armed with the report, the NCAA went on the offensive, and sympathetic lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced bills to make it official. Coaches and university heads testified, including Graham Spanier, president of Penn State: "There has been a blurring of the line between legal and illegal sports gambling in this country. Sports gambling has become such a part of the glamour of Las Vegas that it is fairly safe to conclude that many do not know that gambling...
...Hunter, a taciturn 320-pounder who likes the kitchen a lot, did most of the cooking. (He had the time, as knee surgery had forced him to withdraw from the shot-put competition.) After breakfast, Jones reported to a nearby track and practiced under the gaze of coach Trevor Graham. It was all very much like life back in Raleigh, N.C., which was precisely the point. But in Raleigh, she could sleep. Here, she said, "I've been sleeping very little. Last night, hardly...
...been reduced. Until 14 years ago, it examined some 13,000 accidents annually, often visiting the scene and inspecting cars. That figure is currently just 5,000. Morale, meanwhile, has plummeted. "They have suffered from a major brain drain of their most talented engineers and senior staff," notes John Graham, director of the Center for Risk Analysis at Harvard's School of Public Health...
...agey world music arrangements on hits such as "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Graceland." Two musical highlights from the evening spotlighted the night's political purpose. The finale had Crosby, Stills & Nash leading all the performers (save Midler) chorusing on the presciently themed "Teach Your Children," a song that Graham Nash might have custom-composed for the Gore-Lieberman campaign (if he hadn't written it 32 years earlier.) The sentimental charm of the song seemed to capture the exuberant spirit of the audience...
...state G.O.P. leaders privately concede that McCollum was not the center-right candidate Jeb Bush had hoped for. Still, though his record is inked with fights against the Brady gun-control bills, McCollum has a lesser-known reputation as a bipartisan legislator, working with Florida's Democratic Senator Bob Graham to fund major new antidrug aid for Colombia this year; and his stand with the Bushes on "more school-accountable" education reform, which has been well received in Florida, gives McCollum an issue with which to parry Nelson's insurance crusade...