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...culmination of human history, would begin between A.D. 1200 and 1260. William Miller, the Baptist layman who founded the Adventist movement in America, was sure that the Second Coming would take place on March 21, 1843, and then, after recalculating, on Oct. 22, 1844. (Miller had the grace to confess his errors when the deadlines passed; the movement survived...
...individual races and the two relay races while splitting the diving events to secure the victory. The eight individual victories came from four sophomores and one freshman. Sophomore Paige Scott took two events while classmates Nathalie Wunderlich, Michelle Russell and Liz Nelson each won one event. Freshman Grace Cornelius, appropriately nicknamed by some "Amazing Grace," led the field with first place finishes in the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly and the 100-yard freestyle, and she anchored a come-from-behind win in the 400-yard freestyle relay...
...putting her opponent to bed in three quickies. She pulled drop shots and three-wall nics from her bag of tricks as if they were going out of style. When Brown senior Catalina Hoyos hit her wild, bounce-around-the-court, multiple-wall shots, Clark put them away with grace, winning...
...Seoul Olympics of 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won a 100-meter gold medal in 9.79 sec. His fall from grace came almost as fast, after it was revealed that he had used steroids to achieve his world-beating performance. His deception shocked the sports world and caused the loss of his medal, but it also held out the hope that athletes tainted by steroid use might finally forsake the drugs that many believe stimulate muscle growth and enhance strength. Last week, after two years' banishment, a steroid-free and noticeably less muscular Ben Johnson returned to the track...
...prodigy who brought grace to English painting...