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Graham handed over the control of the Post to her son in 1991, when she was 74 years old. By that time, she was often being described as the most powerful woman in America. Whether or not that was true, few would disagree with the assessment of one of her many admirers, that without her, Washington “would have been a much less civilized place.”
1991年,葛拉罕74歲時(shí),將掌管郵報(bào)的權(quán)力移交給了她的兒子。那時(shí),她常被形容為美國(guó)最有影響的女人。無(wú)論這種說(shuō)法是否正確,相信多數(shù)人都會(huì)認(rèn)同她眾多仰慕者之一給予的評(píng)價(jià):沒(méi)有她,華盛頓“就會(huì)是遠(yuǎn)不如現(xiàn)在文明的地方”。
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于:報(bào)業(yè)女巨人的一生)