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Some ministers are equally cautious, remembering too well characters like the Reverend Ike, a notorious 1970s televangelist who espoused his unique brand of prosperity theology from a mink-lined Rolls-Royce. But Jackson's pitch is nothing like Ike's. "These are not get-rich-quick schemes," Jackson says. "This is about learning to own your own home and to plan for your child's college education." Jackson readily admits, though, that he's targeting a potentially lucrative group: "A thousand churches is a substantial niche market...
Crockett opened the season with a tough loss at nationally ranked Rice but would eventually carry the team back to Houston on his back, routinely dominating with 140-pitch efforts in crucial Ivy League games...
...quite well. Some have mastered the cry so intense that it produces uncontrollable violent hiccups. Or they have perfected the subtle silent cry, complete with an open mouth, a beet-red face, and a bobbing of the head that makes one’s sobs vibrate in pitch. Others just slump their shoulders and assume an air of gloom—I can’t go on without you, you don’t know how much you meant to me, the end is near, I’ll never be the same ever again...
...ever hit. In a doubleheader against Penn the day after the Princeton game, the Quakers pitched around her in Game One and got burned by her teammates. In Game Two, they decided they had no choice but to pitch to her. Whitton promptly pounded three home runs out of the park, tying the long-standing NCAA single-game home run record...
...Koppel winced in pain, the umpires ruled her out, claiming she had swung while trying to avoid the pitch. Allard called it one of the worst calls she had ever seen. The Crimson had to live with it and ultimately coped with the second-place finish...