Word: convertions
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Many of the men at Woodstock are clearly angry at the decision. Himself a convert to the Manhattan experiment, Father Burghardt, editor of the order's prestigious quarterly, Theological Studies, argues that "experimentation with the different life-styles available in New York is indispensable for our students if we are to prepare them for a contemporary ministry. The decision to close Woodstock has been interpreted by many as another sign that the Society of Jesus has lost its great vision, its instinct for leadership, its openness to the world." Second-Year Student Harry Fogarty groused that...
Harrison called another time out and incredibly the cagers ran the same play, this time with Fitzsimmons inbounding the ball to Marshall Sanders just over the midcourt line. Northeastern intercepted and Jellison came back to convert a one and one with 32 seconds left, tying the game...
Harvard lost the ball again and Northeastern called time out with 19 seconds left in regulation time. The ball was passed to Jellison who missed a jumper from the foul line. The Huskies got two shots from underneath but failed to convert before the time ran out. Just as the buzzer a foul was called against Harvard, but the officials ruled that it had come after time...
Which manges to convert Jeremiah Johnson to pure legend. He takes his own revenge on the Crows, and seldom since Custer died for our sins have so many Indians died such gruesomely efficient deaths as they do now Johnson becomes "big medicine" for the Indians. As a settler remarks: "Some say he's dead; some say he never will...
Perhaps the most enduring of Maloula's legends concerns Holy Cross Day, which the village celebrates on Sept. 14. In the 4th century, the Roman Emperor Constantine, a convert to Christianity, dispatched his mother Helena to the Holy Land to search for the true cross. He also ordered the lighting of fiery beacons from Jerusalem to Constantinople to flash the joyous news if she should find it. Two of these were placed on either side of Maloula's narrow canyon. In modern times, one beacon has been tended on feast days by Melchites, the other by Greek Orthodox...