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...that may be akin to a third spiritual awakening in the U.S." Jeffrey Mahan, academic vice president of Denver's liberal and institutionally oriented Iliff School of Theology, doesn't go that far, but he does think the trend is significant. American participation in formal church has risen and fallen throughout history, he notes, and after a prolonged post - World War II upswell, big-building Christianity may be exhaling again in favor of informal arrangements...
PRINCETON, N.J.—As Harvard coach Frank Sullivan unloaded the bench in the closing moments in Jadwin Gym, one couldn’t help but think of one of the top reasons why the Crimson had fallen so far in league play.In the 10 games leading up to the January exam break, Harvard’s bench players had averaged 14 points per contest. In the 10 Ivy games after the break, the Crimson’s reserves averaged just four points per contest, hitting that number right on the mark in Saturday night’s loss...
Yale has already fallen by eight at Dartmouth and five at Brown after beating those teams by 14 and 17, respectively, at home...
...three-week drought, Harvard will have to find a way to come out stronger at the start. In the past two weeks, the Crimson has fallen behind in the opening minutes by scores of 10-2 to Princeton, 11-0 to Penn, 10-3 to Brown and 18-9 to Yale. Harvard has generally recovered to play better in the second half, notably outscoring Penn by four after halftime in the 81-68 defeat, but in each game was unable to fully extricate itself from the early hole...
...minutes, I witnessed both the joys of victory and the agony of defeat. On two ends of the sportsmanship spectrum, I saw a Princeton skater throw a hissy fit near the bench after he was whistled for a delay of game violation and I saw Stehle nobly help a fallen defender to his feet as the horn sounded on another heart-wrenching loss for the senior. I was crushed. And then I was redeemed. Because, if you watch enough sports, you always are. It just usually takes more than 22 minutes. —Staff writer Jonathan Lehman...