Word: grahams
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He’s a Jimmy Buffett fan, he’s got 10 grandchildren, and he’s living large in Mather penthouse. Oh yeah, he was also a governor, senator, and presidential candidate. Florida Democrat Bob Graham, now a fellow at the Institute of Politics, answered 15 questions last week about the Democratic Party, the White House tennis court, Larry Summers, and today's hot ambassadorships (hint: not Azerbaijan...
...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...