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...that John Harvard founded the school. In reality, Derek C. Bok, peace be upon him, founded it when he wrote the full contents of truth—“Ve Ri Tas”—on golden plates. Soon after that he moved to Utah, started Brigham Young University, and took his eleventh wife...
Like other minorities--ethnic or religious--Mormons are proud of those among them who make it big. When Steve Young, a descendant of church leader Brigham Young and a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, was taking snaps on Monday Night Football in the 1990s, his fellow Mormons took to calling Family Home Evening, their weekly togetherness meeting, Family Home Halftime instead...
...sons as well as with a key Romney donor and a paid consultant to his political action committee. The church says it was just a courtesy call, one of many such meetings Holland holds. But the Globe also described e-mails from two administrators of the business school at Brigham Young University, the Mormon school that is Romney's alma mater, who used office computers to solicit support for the campaign. The two were told by B.Y.U.'s counsel to knock it off, although Romney later said it made sense to raise money from people he knows, including alumni...
...Indiana yesterday, travelling to the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center to compete in his first NCAA tournament, which was held on the LaVern Gibson Championship Course. Galebach, competing in the 10k, completed the course in 34:17:8, for a 227th-place finish out of 250 competitors. The winner, Brigham Young’s Josh Rohatinksy, posted a time of 30:44.9. In team competition, Colorado scored a runaway victory, capturing the team trophy with a total of 94 points. Wisconsin finished in second, totalling 142 points, with Iona coming in third with a score of 173. The Harvard indoor...
...editing error, the headline of the Nov. 15 news article, "Vitamins Not Vital for Women," did not reflect the content of the story. The study's lead researcher, Brigham Professor of Women's Health Jo Ann E. Manson, was quoted in the article cautioning that her findings -- which cast some doubt on the link between vitamin intake and cardiovascular health in women -- "warrant further study, but we're cautioning that they could be due to chance." As the article explained, Manson's study did show that intake of vitamins C and E did lead to fewer strokes for women...