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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Billy Graham says he and his wife are deciding on their burial site

(AP) Billy Graham said yesterday that he and his wife, Ruth, are deciding together where they will be buried, an announcement apparently prompted by a report that the family is feuding over the issue.

"That determination will not be made by our family, our organization or outsiders, but will be ours alone," Graham, 88, said in a statement from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

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