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...face. But he also played in a time when there was only one goaltender, and if you were injured, you needed to come back fast. He was a great competitor." So maybe Roy's record--set with the aid of masks, pads and backup goalies--needs an asterisk...
...turn, took notice. Says Michael Maudlin, editorial director at Christianity Today: "Even Billy says she's the best preacher in the family." ("I agree," says Franklin.) Yet the plaudit carried an asterisk. At a 1988 pastors' conference, many in Lotz's audience ostentatiously turned their chairs around so as not to face a preaching woman. Says Martin: "There was no chance of her taking [the leadership] role in the BGEA hierarchy because she's the daughter instead of the son." In fact, despite being on the BGEA board, Lotz has only once had a major part in a Crusade...
With a time of 5:28.9, the Crimson avenged last year's Compton Cup loss to the No. 5 Tigers at New Jersey's Lake Carnegie. Even though the "home" nature of this weekend's race may warrant an asterisk due to the change of venue, the men's team did not appear the least bit phased...
...those faithful Harvard fans in New Haven last weekend need not be bitter. For the world knows that the catch was never complete, the victory illegitimate, the title--Yale's first since 1989--marred by an eternal asterisk in the pages of collegiate history. The 116th Game will not be remembered as Yale's crowning triumph, but--thanks to photographic evidence and video replays on ESPN SportsCenter--as a show of ill-deserved serendipity...
...Though we know in our hearts that Yale dropped the ball--as surely as Chuck Knoblach dropped the ball in the ALCS--do not turn your head in scorn. Instead, thank our Harvard team on a game well played and, with a knowing smile, congratulate Old Eli on an asterisk well deserved...