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...around the red-hot top of the order. Second baseman Zak Farkes, who at times has looked less than comfortable in the field, showed signs by laying out for several well-hit ground balls he would have approached more tentatively earlier in the season. Farkes didn’t convert them all, but the effort was there, and for Farkes and an infield that has struggled as a whole all season long (and, in fairness, did again yesterday), that’s important...
...quarter-century positioning himself as the leading opponent of Saddam. In the process, he has accumulated as much contempt as admiration. Last week's stage-managed arrival made it look as if the U.S. was anointing Chalabi to lead Iraq. Yet if his supporters in the Pentagon hoped to convert him into a ready-made replacement for Saddam, Chalabi's very appearance on the scene sparked sharp resistance. Some State Department officials who have long regarded Chalabi as a divisive, untrustworthy figure charged that he is more popular on the Potomac than on the Tigris...
...Biblical revelation on the apocalypse. These groups rely on Biblical prophesy, which exhorts that conflict in the Middle East, and the existence of Israel, hastens the Day of Judgment and the Second Coming of Christ. And what is the fate of Jews in this scenario? Those who do not convert to Christianity are banished to hell. This should give pro-Israel Jewish groups pause...
...comprises roughly two percent of the American population, Harris is indeed a minority. His appointment as housemaster of Cabot House is a milestone in the history of this University, which historically has intensely discriminated against Jews. The first Jew to be a professor at Harvard was reportedly forced to convert to Christianity in order to be appointed, and when Jews finally began to be admitted to the college under harsh admission quotas, they were consistantly barred from full College participation...
Harvard retaliated when junior midfielder Jen Brooks managed to convert off a free position shot with 24 minutes remaining, but it was too little, too late...