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Protestantism played a subsidiary role in yet another revolution that challenged the church: the emergence of capitalism. By the 14th century the roots of modern banking could be found in northern Italy, where Florence's gold coin (the florin) and Venice's (the ducat) became, in effect, international currencies. But banking and Catholicism were then uneasy partners: the church condemned usury -- defined then as any interest on loans -- in language harsher than bishops today use to denounce contraception. The reformers were more lenient. Gradually Europe's great centers of commerce were established in predominantly Protestant Holland and England. Innovation followed...
...what ho! The love of her life lives on, as Buttercup discovers when she is kidnapped in an inane attempt to start a war between the two countries of Gildern and Florin (why not Pound and Shilling?). The devious designs of her kidnappers are foiled when she is snatched from her captors by the murderous masked pirate Roberts (played by Cary Elwes). Unmasked after a frolic with Buttercup on a grassy hillside, Roberts is exposed as the princess bride's sweetheart...
CORNELL (80): Dean Kartsonas 3-2--8; Greg Gilda 6-0--12; Wolfgang Florin 3-2--9; Derek Williams 0-0--; Bryan Colangelo 1-0--2: Josh Wexler 2-3--7; James Paul 2-0--4; Mike Millane 2-6--10; Sam Jacobs 2-0--4; Mike Pascal 0-0--0; John Bajusz...
Three-pointers: Florin, Bajusz 2, Webster, Gielen, Fouled out: Gilda, Florin, Millane. Total fouls: Cornell 24, Harvard 23. Assists: Cornell 8 (Florin 3), Harvard 10 (Duncan, Phillips 3). Turnovers: Cornell 11, Harvard 16. Rebounds: Cornell 30 (Millane 8), Harvard 26 (Phillips, Schernecker 5). Technical Fouls: Harvard 3 (Mohler, Webster, Team) Cornell 38 - 42 -- 80 Harvard...
CORNELL (71): Drew Martin 3-2--8; Len Palmer 7-0--14; Mike Millane 2-1--5; John Bajusz 8-0--16; Josh Wexler 1-0--2; Derek Williams 1-0--2; Wolfgang Florin 1-0--2; Greg Gilda 2-2--6; Eric King 3-1--7; Rusty Cooper 1-2--4; Bryan Colangelo 0-0--0; Sam Jacobs 1-2--4; Mike Pascal 0-0--0; Wayne LaPier...