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...evangelical organizations are ready to go into Iraq to distribute aid along with a Christian message [COVER STORY, April 21]. Shame on Franklin Graham of Samaritan's Purse and the Southern Baptist Convention for supporting the troops in Iraq and then using their organizations' aid as a tool to convert Muslims. The Mennonite Central Committee, Church World Service and Catholic Relief Services have it right: Simply show compassion for all God's people by meeting their needs. Leave the rest to God, by whatever name. RICHARD H. ADAMS Hector...
Although the Crimson got the run back when Mann homered on a line shot to straightaway left in the top of the fourth, Dartmouth took the lead back for good in the bottom of the inning when Harvard failed to convert a double-play opportunity...
...African nations in Italy's Islamic community. "We want an Italian Islam," he told Time, "not an amalgam of mosques that operate as centers of prayer and political propaganda, and often depend on financing from foreign countries." Though most Islamic leaders back the initiative, Hamza Piccardo, a prominent Italian convert, is suspicious. "We would be coming from a position of weakness," he said. "There is no unifying voice, and our electoral weight is still not strong enough." That could position Pisanu as arguably the most powerful voice in Italy's Islamic affairs. - By Jeff Israely/Rome A Shaken Country turkey...
...prioritize the practice of art, most other divisions have struggled even to run in place. FAS’s lease on the Rieman Center for Performing Arts, Harvard’s primary dance rehearsal and performance space, expires in June 2005 when the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will convert it to a meeting space. Although OFA dance program director Elizabeth W. Bergmann says Summers promised undergraduate dancers in his office hours that there will be no gap between the loss of Rieman and the availability of a new building, he has left it up to FAS to determine where...
Some students, such as art history concentrator Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer ’05, think that the best way to increase the limited space is to convert or use existing public spaces...