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Article: Billy Graham -- beyond the next crusade. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- March 1, 1995
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Billy Graham no longer prowls around the pulpit like a nervous cat caged in a too-small pen. His hands don't claw the air with kinetic urgency the way they used to when he describes the usual _ a gone-to-hell-in-a-hand-basket world.
His eyes, still clear blue and challenging, look out at the world through prescription lenses.
At 76, time and Parkinson's disease have taken their toll on Christendom's superstar preacher _ an American export as well known as Coca-Cola _ but they have not robbed him of the vision that transformed him from tent revivalist to global guru, confidant of kings and fallen presidents, counselor to millions.
Graham this month will ...