Word: friar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seemed to Castro that signs of nonconformity and a search for new ideas were infecting the populace. Little by little, people were going back to church. So he spent 23 hours talking to a Brazilian Dominican friar, Frei Betto. The subsequent book, Fidel and Religion, became a national best seller. Here was the apostle of Marxism expounding on his Catholic upbringing and attitudes toward religion. He recalled his devout mother and his rigorous parochial education. He had been baptized and was taught biblical history and Catholic catechism. At his upper-class Jesuit high school he absorbed the determination and discipline...
...deceiving us. She doth protest too much, we occasionally thought, when she complained about the attentions of the paparazzi. When, after so many years of burning extravagant candles at both ends, she died at last so squalidly in that underpass, some of us for a moment thought, as the Friar thought about Romeo and Juliet, "These violent delights have violent ends...
...touched us--that's the thing. As the Friar went on to remark, "So light a foot will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint." She was so lovely to look at. She appeared to be so shy. Like all our children, she seemed to float above the drab and everlasting flintiness of our ordinary lives. Time and again we found ourselves ready to forgive her, just as in the end we always give in and send our wayward offspring another check to pay the telephone bill; and we did it as always with a shrug of the shoulders that...
That's what happened. After mortaring the Friar goal with attack after attack, the Crimson netted its first goal 10:50 into the game. Sophomore back Andrew Lundquist sent a long, sailing ball from the right side around midfield towards senior Rich Wilmot, who streaked into the box from the left side. The perfect pass gave Wilmot a point-blank shot, and he converted...
...second half, when McLaughlin broke free of everyone on a run and got taken down by the goalie in the box. Harvard was awarded a penalty kick, which the team gave to senior John Vrionis, who had his birthday yesterday. However, his shot to the left was saved by Friar goaltender Chris Ivany...