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This is a welcome turnabout for the church. As opportunities opened for women in the 1960s and '70s, fewer of them viewed the asceticism and confinements of religious life as a tempting career choice. Since 1965, the number of Catholic nuns in the U.S. has declined from 179,954 to just 67,773, according to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. The average age of nuns today is 69. But over the past decade or so, expressing their religious beliefs openly has become hip for many young people, a trend intensified among Catholic women...
...momentous occasion.On a 55-yard run deep into Penn territory early in the first quarter, senior tailback Clifton Dawson broke the Ivy League career rushing record.The mark was previously held by Cornell graduate Ed Marinaro, who set it back in 1971 at 4,715 yards with just two fewer carries than Dawson.The back was contained on his first run of the day for only one yard, but on his second carry the back found a hole and stretched a rush into 55 yards by breaking numerous tackles in true Dawson fashion.The long run set up the offense with a first...
...undergraduates look for ways to celebrate Harvard-Yale weekend, they may find fewer options due to efforts made to encourage turnout at several campus-wide events...
...considering it helps clients place strategic bets worth millions. Sectors constantly affected by uncertainty and flux may find it most useful: think telecoms, oil companies, traders, insurers and betting companies. Firms that toil in steady environments may be less interested, but, as Williams points out, "there seem to be fewer and fewer of those around...
...About 2,000 participants - far fewer than the cops protecting them - showed up at the rally. Many were straights who saw the gay clash with religious forces in stark terms: the democratic right of free assembly vs. religious intolerance. "It's now about whether we respect the law in Israel, or give into threats of violence," says Canetti...