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...CONVERTED. Lewis Lehrman, 46, conservative New York business millionaire and 1982 Republican gubernatorial candidate who narrowly lost to Democrat Mario Cuomo; from Reform Judaism, the faith in which he was raised, to Roman Catholicism, whose teachings had increasingly attracted him, especially since a 1983 audience with Pope John Paul II; in a private baptism in New York City. "I can only hope for understanding," said Lehrman, whose wife and five children are Episcopalians and whose older sister is a convert to Mormonism. Some Jewish leaders nonetheless professed disappointment at the loss of a highly visible political role model, especially...
...result, I have become the environmental movement's dream convert. I pore over news reports of the latest oil-company atrocity; I hector my family about their oversize vehicles; I buy only organic milk and eggs laid by vegetarian, cage-free, anxiety-free chickens; and I'm an easy mark for any ecoactivist in search of a signature on his petition...
...student committee, Dance Program staff, the OFA, and Harvard administrators eventually agreed to convert a small basketball court inside the QRAC into a new dance center, committing $4 million to the construction project...
Undoubtedly, Harvard has talent and depth throughout the field combined with confidence and reliability at the plate. The real question is whether the Crimson will effectively convert its prized youth and veteran experience into an Ivy championship...
...decision to convert one of the basketball courts was made in September 2003 and construction was supposed to begin this past December...