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Cornell failed to convert the extra-point after Archer’s touchdown, as Harvard junior linebacker Dante Balestracci blocked the attempt. The play marked not only a special teams stop, but a shift in the pace of the game...

Author: By Sean W. Coughlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Flingin' in the Rain | 10/15/2002 | See Source »

...It’s great that we passed the ball well and ran it well, but when it comes down to it we have to score,” Razzano said. “We had a few opportunities that we didn’t convert on. We just didn’t score enough...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Notebook: Time Well Spent For Football | 10/15/2002 | See Source »

...have a significant impact on economic development and culture. In South America, Pentecostals are known for being responsible and trustworthy hard workers, and many employers now purposefully seek to hire them. Brazilian Pentecostal women say their modest clothing and mores has brought them more respect, and husbands who convert often stop their alcoholism and physical abuse. In China, faith gives millions of Pentecostals a new hope under their repressive government. In South Africa and the United Kingdom, church leaders have created a program called Alpha that is helping to reduce both crime and divorce...

Author: By Richard T. Halvorson, | Title: A Revolutionary Faith | 10/11/2002 | See Source »

Strong defense and the play of freshmen goalies Katie Shields and Maja Agustsdottir have kept Harvard in many of these games, but the team’s lethargic offense has made it difficult to convert the defensive effort into wins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women’s Soccer Looks For Offense Against Rival Boston College Today | 10/9/2002 | See Source »

...some of Sulak's most ardent defenders also come from within the medical profession. "I'm a convert to her way of thinking," says Dr. Gerald Joseph Jr., an obstetrician-gynecologist in Springfield, Mo., and district officer at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. "There's no question her program is 100% medically accurate and responsible." Indeed, doctors have a hand in all aspects of the Worth the Wait curriculum. Not only do they train health educators from participating schools, but either a doctor or medical student also gives a guest lecture to students during the semester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Rx For Teen Sex | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

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