Word: grahams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wills the model of an artistic leader is Martha Graham, who invented a vocabulary for modern dance -- "the one art form other than jazz," said choreographer Paul Taylor, who had been a member of her company, "that can be called truly American." The intriguing antitype is Madonna, who briefly studied with Graham's disciple Pearl Lang. The essential difference? Graham "not only performed a dance but preached an aesthetic," Wills argues. When Madonna performs, she merely entertains...
...President Richard Nixon was buried Wednesday after a ceremony at his boyhood home in Yorba Linda, California. Among the 3,000 mourners were delegates from more than 80 countries and five U.S. Presidents, including Bill Clinton, who delivered one of four eulogies. The service, led by the Rev. Billy Graham, focused on Nixon's foreign policy achievements, touching only obliquely upon the Watergate scandal. "He achieved greatly, and he suffered deeply," said former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. "But he never gave up." Earlier, an estimated 42,000 visitors had stood for hours in chilly, damp weather to pay their...
...easy to get Bush and Ford and the generals. Next he has targeted Margaret Thatcher, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Johnny Cash, who fit into his plans to move the Success seminars from auditoriums to stadiums next year, then from one day apiece to week-long crusades in the Billy Graham style and then from America to the world. (Lowe operates through a nonprofit corporation in Tampa, paying himself a salary of $128,000 a year...
...eligibility issue has been on the forefront of everyone's mind," Graham said. "This whole week has been an emotional roller coaster...
...worked a lot of doubles this week," Graham said. "The doubles point is a crucial point for us and I think we've gotten better there...