Word: grahams
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...admiring piece about Graham Greene and his commitment to understand every position and even sympathize with an enemy [Essay, Feb. 20], Pico Iyer reveals both the implications and the presuppositions of the modern relativist view. It is no surprise that placing mercy over justice would lead a man to uphold someone like Soviet double agent Kim Philby, an operative of the bloodiest dictatorship in history, and receive no moral condemnation for it. What may not be obvious, though, is how the lack of moral integrity today stems from an intellectual failure, the epistemological humility that refuses to hold anything...
...Wednesday afternoon, if current plans hold, the little known Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission will gather yet again on Capitol Hill and, in nervous reverence, study secret photos of a 1-ft. by 3-ft. model for a bas-relief sculpture. The finished artwork, by California sculptor Robert Graham, would be three times that size and grace the entrance to the memorial. It is a work showing a triumphant Roosevelt riding in an open car down Pennsylvania Avenue after his 1933 Inauguration...
Majmudar, who also played first singles, appeared to have her hands full with the Cowgirls' top seed, Kym Hazzard, who Graham called "a very tough player." She lost the first set, 6-2, and appeared visibly frustrated on many points...
...This was one of the more acrimonious women's tennis matches I've seen," said Graham. "It's not very often you see something like that...
...Although Graham admits that the Cowgirls were likely affected by various illnesses and injuries, he says he was "very satisfied" with...