Word: quakers
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...practical argument against prejudice. "While this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed," he said in a speech to the conservative Greater Houston Ministerial Association in 1960, "in other years it has been--and may someday be again--a Jew or a Quaker or a Unitarian or a Baptist ... Today I may be the victim, but tomorrow...
...Crimson they are junior hurler Shelly Madick and freshman slugger Lauren Murphy. Madick posted a 16-4 record this year, struck out 139 batters in 135 innings of work, and has an ERA of 1.45. In the Ivy Championship Series she dominated a strong Quaker line-up, throwing a complete game shutout in the first contest before coming in and closing-out the second. Madick was named Ivy Pitcher of the Year and second team All-Northeast region by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. There should be little question that Madick is the real deal.Murphy, who fittingly enters the batters...
...laid the "religious question" to rest, yet it arises again with a fury. What does the Constitution mean when it says there should be no religion test for office? It plainly means that a candidate can't be barred from running because he or she happens to be a Quaker or a Buddhist or a Pentecostal. But Mitt Romney's candidacy raises a broader issue: Is the substance of private beliefs off-limits? You can ask if a candidate believes in school vouchers and vote for someone else if you disagree with the answer...
...junior ace piled up seven strikeouts, along with eight fly outs and six ground outs. 71 of her 91 pitches went for strikes as she completely shut down a talented Quaker offense...
...score of 15-3. On a blustery Saturday afternoon that felt more like early February than the first week of April, the Crimson’s offense was as cold as the weather for much of the first half. After a scoreless opening 11 minutes, during which multiple Quaker scoring chances were thwarted by a stout Harvard defense, the floodgates opened and Penn peppered the Crimson crease, netting four goals in five minutes on its way to building a 10-0 first-half lead. The Harvard offense did not even attempt a shot until junior Tara Schoen shot wide with...