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...time evangelism was ready to make the leap to television, however, that resentment had dissolved. In the 1950s a new generation of media-savvy ministers--Bishop Fulton Sheen, Billy Graham, Oral Roberts--started directing their crusades at the TV audience. And if the subtext of the awesome Catholic liturgy had always been God's immutable power, the plot of these TV revivals was tailored for the medium of Father Knows Best. In broadcasts from million-dollar sets-cum-cathedrals, TV evangelicals preached not just about the miracle of Jesus but also about the blessing of communications technology. Religion...
Despite universal acknowledgement that providing every faculty member with a computer is a giant leap forward, the financial feasibility of the plan is uncertain...
Junior midfielder Tom McLaughlin played a perfect ball in front of the goal with under five minutes to go in the opening period. Will Kohler headed the ball into the net only to have Hartford goalie Kevin Hickey leap and grab the ball...
...early stages of development, but we have a theory and proof of concept," says Dr. Richard Bucala, a Picower researcher. "The biochemistry of glycosylation occurs in a lot of medical conditions, so it's not a great leap to aging...
Since many of the senior faculty entered academia when typewriters were still standard, "the very fact that the delete button goes backward and erases things you have typed--that's already a quantum leap for someone from my generation," Nagy says. "What a gift...