She is named after Leslie Howard, who was a close friend of her father, after Howard refused to appear in The Petrified Forest (1936) unless the studio signed Bogart to In 1988, the character sold his pub to Frank Butcher, played by Mike Reid, and gradually drifted out of key storylines until finally departing in February 1989, although his final scenes had been filmed the previous autumn. [183] In 2015, Graham said he "completely understand[s] and accept[s]" that climate change is real, but said "I don't know" the role human activity played. [11], In 1996, he was challenged by Debbie Dorn, the niece of Butler Derrick and daughter of Derrick's predecessor, 13-term Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn. [13] In 1982, Grantham made his television debut as Boollie in a BBC2 Playhouse edition called "Jake's End". If I have lied about my military record, I'm not fit to serve in Congress", further noting that he "never deployed". The firm told reporters that according to outside consultants the practice was not unlawful because the checks are not bonuses, instead coming out of the partners' firm equity accounts. William Cowper (17311800), poet and hymnodist. Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades earlier when the two were in high school. "[243] The Thornton Law Firm is nationally known for its expertise in asbestos-related litigation. "[106] In an October 2018 interview, Graham said specifically that "[i]f an opening comes in the last year of President Trump's term, and the primary process has started, we'll wait till the next election. Between 2010 and 2014, the firm's partners and one of their wives contributed $1.6 million to politicians; $1.4 million was given back to the partners from the firm. [48] Graham thus became South Carolina's first new U.S. senator since Fritz Hollings in 1966. Jake Laurie, 29, works in film and TV. A shot depicting Den's death was cut from the final scene, in the hope that Grantham might one day be persuaded to return to the role. [36] Hediedon 15 June 2018, aged 71. [188] He also supported the invasion of Iraq. You don't get a lawyer. [87], Even after all major news networks projected that Joe Biden had won the 2020 United States presidential election, Graham said that Trump "should not concede" because "if Republicans don't challenge and change the U.S. election system, there will never be another Republican president elected again". [90], After receiving an affidavit by Pennsylvania postal worker Richard Hopkins alleging that his postmaster discussed backdating mail ballots, Graham issued a statement that "all credible allegations of voting irregularities and misconduct be investigated to ensure the integrity of the 2020 elections", including Hopkins's. [246] After Rick Santorum withdrew from the race in April 2012, leaving Mitt Romney as the presumptive nominee, Graham endorsed Romney. He resorted to criminal activities in his attempt to clear the debt. "[222], In July 2018, Graham and Senator Jeanne Shaheen visited Manbij in Syria, and met the Manbij Military Council, which led an offensive to liberate the city from ISIS in 2016 with help from the US-led coalition. He suggested that this plan puts the U.S. in danger and could cause "another 9/11". When he was 21, his mother died of Hodgkin's lymphoma, aged 52, and his father died 15 months later of a heart attack, aged 69. [199] He further claimed that Afghan leaders accept this long-term U.S. military presence since it benefits them, but Iran and some of its allies oppose it, a debatable claim. He also wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. "[249], On April 19, 2015, Graham told Chris Wallace, on the Fox News Sunday show, that he was "91% sure" he would run for president. [27], After leaving the Air Force, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard in 1989, where he served until 1995, then joining the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He threatened to derail the confirmation of Obama's nominee for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, remarking that Hagel "would be the most antagonistic secretary of defense towards the state of Israel in our nation's history. [100], Tea Party opponents have called Graham a "moderate Republican. Bush. He also met actress Louise Jameson during her visit to Leyhill near the end of his imprisonment; she had also encouraged him to take up acting and he became good friends with her.[12]. Not even close. It did not address the gun show loophole. In the Senate Graham advocates for strong national defense[1] and aggressive interventionist foreign policy. [65], In December 2015, Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. If not, the special counsel would be reinstated. [202] On July 8, 2021, Graham called President Biden's decision a "disaster in the making. He served four terms in the United States House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district from 1995 to 2003. [95] Those secretaries denied this, and Graham reversed himself, saying that he had spoken to the governor of Arizona and no official in Nevada. 3. [175] Graham reiterated his support of the Defense of Marriage Act in 2022. [25] Grantham had turned down every offer to return until that which was made to him in early 2003, feeling that his character did not have adequate links to the show for a comeback to be anything more than an attempt to boost ratings particularly when Den's daughter Sharon was away from 1995 to 2001, leaving Den without any family in the cast. [That] would be fine with me, but this is part of who we are." Later his entire service in the U.S. Air Force Reserve ran concurrently with his congressional career. He defeated Democratic incumbent Lowell W. Ross by 60% to 40% and served one term, from 1993 to 1995. His theatre work included a role in a play at the Battersea Free Theatre written by television director Matthew Robinson. [228], In October 2019, Graham said he would "introduce bipartisan sanctions against Turkey if they invade Syria" and that he would "call for their suspension from NATO if they attack Kurdish forces who assisted the US in the destruction of the ISIS Caliphate. Why? "[177] After the Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, Graham said that although he disagreed with the ruling, he no longer believed that a constitutional amendment was a viable action on the issue. "[146], In November 2012, Graham and Schumer resumed their talks on comprehensive immigration reform. Leslie Michael Grantham (30 April 1947 15 June 2018) was an English actor, best known for his role as "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. "[12][21] The House passed two of the impeachment articles. He made a brief appearance in the Mike Hodges film Morons from Outer Space (1985), but by the time the film was released Grantham had gained his best known role. 3590 as Amended)", "Roll Call Vote 111th Congress - 2nd Session Roll Call Vote: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. [187] In 2002, he voted for the Iraq Resolution, which authorized military action against Iraq. Grantham was arrested soon after, and charged with murder.[9][10][11]. "[107], During the 2018 confirmation hearings following Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States, Graham took a strong stance against letting the process be further delayed by Christine Blasey Ford's allegations. [91] Hopkins's affidavit was released by Project Veritas, a controversial conservative organization known for using deceptive tactics; Project Veritas later released a recording in which Hopkins says that he did not hear his postmaster explicitly discuss backdating ballots, and that Project Veritas wrote his affidavit for him. [13] He also played a signals sergeant in episode 12 of the television mini-series The Jewel in the Crown (1984) and wrote a play entitled A Reason To Live, which won the Gloucester Drama Festival award for best original play. He voted against the second count of perjury in the Paula Jones case. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Robert Leslie Graham DFC was a British motorcycle road racer who competed in the 1930s and 1940s. Soccer [151], In March 2017, Graham voted for the Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal that removed the FCC's internet privacy rules and allowed internet service providers to sell customers' browsing history without their permission. He continued, "The flag represents to some people a civil war, and that was the symbol of one side. [52][53] He expected a primary challenge from conservative activists, including the Tea Party movement,[54] and Chris Chocola, President of the Club for Growth, indicated that his organization would support a primary challenge if an acceptable standard-bearer emerged. He added, "I'd rather lose without Donald Trump than try to win with him. A native of Central, South Carolina, Graham received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981. The astute headmaster of The Leyland School, Leslie Graham oversees the institution like any other During his service in the House, Graham served on the following committees: In 2002, longtime U.S. To others it's a racist symbol, and it's been used by peopleit's been used in a racist way. [210], In August 2011, Graham co-sponsored a resolution that contended that "Russia's invasion of Georgian land in 2008 was an act of aggression, not only to Georgia but to all new democracies. Leslie Cheung Actor | Chun gwong cha sit Leslie Cheung was the youngest of 10 children. [62], Graham is a member of the board of directors of the International Republican Institute. He won the inaugural Grand Prix motorcycle racing 500 cc World Championship in 1949. Contents 1 Early Career (1929 - 1939) 2 World War II 3 Post War Career (1946 - 1953) [21] He also reunited with his EastEnders co-star Anita Dobson in the two-part mini-series The Stretch which aired on Sky One in 2000, and in the British gangster film Charlie (2004).[22]. Rose Leslie is an actress. Also in 2001, he appeared in Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. "[72][73]), In April 2018, Graham said that he would support Trump's reelection in 2020. [26], On August 8, 2021, Graham became the first fully vaccinated senator to test positive for COVID-19. [212], Graham supported the NATO-led military intervention in Libya. "[184] He also said that he planned to vote against the climate bill he had originally co-sponsored, citing further restriction of offshore drilling added to the bill and its impact on transportation. [201] Soon after the withdrawal of U.S. troops started, the Taliban launched an offensive against the Afghan government, quickly advancing in front of a collapsing Afghan Armed Forces. If he continues this line of attack then I think people really need to reconsider the future of the [Republican] party." He befriended potential opponents from the state's congressional delegation and helped them with fundraising and securing their preferred committee assignments; he assembled a "daunting multi-million-dollar political operation" dubbed the "Graham machine" that built six regional offices across the state and enlisted the support of thousands of paid staffers and volunteers, including over 5,000 precinct captains; he assembled a "staggering" campaign war chest and "blanketed" the state with positive ads; he focused on constituent services and local issues; and he refused to "pander" to the Tea Party supporters, instead confronting them head-on, arguing that the Republican Party needed to be more inclusive. [32], In 2007, Graham served in Iraq as a reservist on active duty for a short period in April and for two weeks in August, where he worked on detainee and rule-of-law issues. I may just jump in to get to make these arguments. Their influence reached its zenith in 2007 as President Bush advocated for his surge strategy in Iraq, declining shortly before Lieberman retired from the Senate in 2013. [citation needed], In October 2006, it was announced that, in his first television role since leaving EastEnders, he would appear in the long-running ITV1 police drama series The Bill, playing the role of Jimmy Collins, who was on the run from prison. "[168] In June 2022, he asserted that all conservatives "believed that there's nothing in the Constitution giving the federal government the right to regulate abortion". This was Grantham's second appearance in The Bill as he previously appeared in a few episodes in 1998 and a single episode in 1999 also coincidentally playing another character named Jimmy. [180][181] Graham was identified as a potential Republican supporter of a climate change bill and thought to be a likely sponsor of the final bill,[182] but he pulled his support, saying that he disapproved of Senate Democrats moving forward with legislation to deal with immigration issues, a reaction to Arizona's passage of an illegal immigration law. Graham ran to succeed him and, with Republican U.S. "[237], The Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies identifies Graham, during his U.S. House and U.S. Senate tenure, as having a mostly protectionist and pro-subsidies voting record. [195][196][197][198], Graham suggested that the U.S. stay in Afghanistan permanently, claiming that this would benefit both nations, as the U.S. would have a clear idea of what was happening in the region on a daily basis, and Afghan security forces would have an edge militarily to ensure that Afghanistan never fell back into the hands of the Taliban. We play golf. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (17301782), Prime Minister. [60] The race was unexpectedly competitive, with many polls in the last few months of the race showing it as very close. Leslie Graham is known for Timecop (1994), Wrongfully Accused (1998) and Unforgettable (1996). [157] To this end, in March 2013, he joined Senators Jeff Flake, Mark Begich, and Mark Pryor in introducing a bill that would close a loophole by flagging individuals who attempt to buy guns who have used an insanity defense, were ruled dangerous by a court or had been committed by a court to mental health treatment. I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here", adding, "this thing will come to the Senate, and it will die quickly, and I will do everything I can to make it die quickly. [2][3], Grantham was born in Camberwell, London, the son of Adelaide (ne Flinders) and Walter William Grantham (19151998). 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