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...notebooks are vital to understanding Graham's outlook on life. His half brother Phil married Katharine Meyer, whose father owned the Washington Post, and the couple were at the epicenter of the Washington social whirl of the 1960s. But at 49, Phil, a manic-depressive, killed himself. Bob Graham was 27 at the time. "Phil's legend was both inspiring and intimidating," says a person who knows Graham well and asks to remain anonymous. "After you see your brother commit suicide, one of the things you seek is control. No wild behavior, no profanity, no risk, loudness or recklessness...
...when the opportunity presented itself, I decided to give it a whirl. And I lived to tell about it--that is, rave about it. Of our eight person party, only four were stalwart enough to sign up (and pay the $100 it cost). At around 7:30 p.m. we set out in the back of a rickety pickup truck for a 45-minute drive to the top of a 6,500-foot mountain on a dirt road exactly the width of the truck's wheel-base. As the non-English speaking driver shifted into lower and lower gear...
This realization led me to create a few general rules that will be helpful for martial arts beginners should one decide to give it a whirl...
...With the whirl of shopping Cores and eager student groups out to recruit volunteers, it seems as though there are infinite options for the new semester. Before I was always a part of it: postering in the early morning cold, sending countless e-mails to potential volunteers, thanking God that the student-group rush comes at the beginning of the term when no classwork is necessary. I saw my friends race back into daily athletic practices and return to their rooms with barely enough energy to crash. A brand new semester and everybody already seemed so tired...
...worse this time; we have lost the anticipation, and of course the fear, that clamped us down then. Now we only want to whirl around and go back, to the families and friends and lovers who let us sleep as late as we wanted, and patted us on the back as if we were already finished...