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...than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Repeating those words of Jesus (John 15:13), Pope John Paul II last week presided over the canonization of a fellow Pole who greatly inspired his own vocation as a priest: Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who died for his faith-and to save another man's life-at the most notorious of Nazi death camps...
Also wreaking havoc in the Friar backfield was Jennifer White, who combined with Martin on several give-and-go plays that almost resulted in Harvard goals. White set up the best score of the day when she broke free on the left side of the net, drew Providence's Judy Van Schelt out of the net, and then fed Martin in front of the open goal...
Maureen Finn lofted a penalty shot into the left side of the Friar net to round out Crimson scoring. Providence added a garbage goal with under two minutes remaining...
...found hanging in London. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, British authorities ruled Calvi's death a suicide. But some Italians saw sinister significance in the fact that he was dangling from Blackfriars Bridge: members of P2 dress in black and address each other as "friar." Both Sindona and Calvi's son Carlo, 30, believe that the banker was killed. So does Franco de Cataldo, a member of an Italian parliamentary commission investigating P2, who declared last week on the floor of the Chamber of Deputies: "It appears ever more probable that Calvi was murdered...
...body was found suspended by a rope from Blackfriars Bridge over the Thames River. In the pockets of his expensive gray suit was $20,000 in foreign currencies. Italians quickly noted the symbolism of the location: members of the P2 Lodge dress in black and call one another friar...