When she found the manic-depressive Graham dead of a gunshot wound in the bathroom of their country house in 1963, this "doormat wife" at 46 was thrust into running the company.
ANTONIO COTRIM AFP Getty "Colonel Gaddafi must realize our country isn't a doormat upon which a leader, whether terrorist or not, can come to wipe off the blood of his crimes .
But mostly, by his telling, he functioned as her doormat.
Prep Volleyball: East abuzz about hiring RVC coach Abby Jenkins ROCKFORD — East volleyball, long a NIC-10 doormat, rose to the middle of the pack last year. Now the E-Rabs have their sights set much higher after hiring Abby Jenkins as coach Tuesday.
June 12, 2013 - Rockford Register Star
Can you hear me now? The back of my pajama-clad roommate greets me from the kitchen as I shuffle my feet on our hand-me-down doormat. It’s after 9 p.m. and the apartment is quiet for a Tuesday night. “Hey, Robbie,” I ...
June 12, 2013 - The Argonaut
Andre Woodson in Washington Post It proved we're a team that obviously earns a lot more respect now,Woodson said in the middle of the on-field celebration. "We've come a long way from being a doormat in the SEC to competing with the best teams in the SEC and getting some...
Stuart Schweigert in Forbes It's just hard, because you don't want to be the doormat of the division,Schweigert said. "We haven't beaten any of those guys since my rookie year."
Ryan Doumit in ESPN I think we earned a little bit of respect, possibly, in the Brewers' eyes. The last however many games we've played against these guys, we've been a doormat and we know that,Doumit said. "When you're giving up 17 and 20 runs in a game, you...