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...centuries since, so much dignity has been lost, and to an inferior people. In Islamic belief, Muhammad is God's last prophet; he built upon the revelations of Moses and Jesus to propound a superior, perfect faith. But the world that faith created was broken apart: after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the colonial powers of France and Britain carved the Middle East into arbitrarily drawn mandates and states governed by handpicked local leaders. "Many Arabs and Muslims feel they had 10 centuries of great cultural achievement that ended with European colonialism," says John Esposito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roots Of Rage | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

Some would point to last year’s Cornell game as evidence that a 24-point lead at halftime is not necessarily secure. However, the circumstances on Saturday were very different than last year’s stunning defeat at the hands of the Big Red. Most significantly, Cornell was a much better football team than Lafayette. Put bluntly, Lafayette would have trouble scoring 24 points against Harvard’s freshman team...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Is Lafayette the "Worst Team Ever?" | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

...very young, has little talent with which to work, and has admitted to being in a rebuilding mode. Nevertheless, the general consensus among the coaching staff after the game was that the Leopards had performed monumentally better against Harvard than against Penn the previous week in a 37-0 defeat...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Is Lafayette the "Worst Team Ever?" | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

...it’s never looked brighter in Easton, Pennsylvania. Perhaps next year, the Leopards will defeat the Crimson when the game returns to Lafayette’s Fisher Field. If you happen to be in the crowd watching, just make sure you say hello to Snow White and Rumplestiltskin...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Is Lafayette the "Worst Team Ever?" | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

...unranked men’s team finished high enough to defeat two top-20 teams. No. 7 Villanova finished a surprising 12th and No. 17 Iona was 11th...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Cross Country Wins Fifth | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

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