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...Believers think they can summon spirits from the vasty deep, as Shakespeare put it, but that does not mean they will come - especially if the water and electricity (and the police force) fail to function. Or, to borrow a little less grandly from the Bard, "For want of a nail...
...Koran forbids them to wear saffron or silk or expose skin from navel to knee. But Imam Mohamed Magid, who heads a moderate mosque in Sterling, Va., calls debate over Islamic clothing misdirected. "I wish there was more talk about women as leaders rather than talk about whether nail polish is acceptable in Islam," he says. "We need to move forward...
...President has to be a preacher of sorts, instructing, consoling, summoning citizens to sacrifice for some common good. But candidates are competitors, which means they seldom manage to talk about faith in a way that doesn't disturb people, doesn't divide them, doesn't nail campaign posters on the gates of heaven. Republicans have been charged with exploiting religious voters, Democrats with ignoring them: Hillary Clinton's voice gets tight as she recalls the mocking response she received when she first spoke in spiritual terms about the longing that people felt to invest in causes larger than self-interest...
...starter. But as it turns out, it wasn’t even the best comeback of the afternoon. That honor went to the collective Crimson squad, a team that reached deep into its bag of tricks to overcome a 17-point road deficit en route to a nail-biting 35-33 road win over the Mountain Hawks. “There’s going to be adversity at some point,” Murphy said after the win. “We’ve just got to hang in there, just take our time. If we?...
...League North Division, then swept Penn, 4-0 and 4-2, to win the inaugural Ivy League Softball Championship to finish out league play with a 16-6 record. Harvard moved on to the NCAA Regional at Hempstead, N.Y. In Hempstead, Harvard lost a 3-2 eight-inning nail-biter against Hofstra before falling in a gut-wrenching 1-0 loss to Albany the next day to conclude its season. The two tournament losses could not overshadow one of the team’s best seasons ever. “We are really satisfied with the season...