John Fisher
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"Saint John Fisher" was an Catholic Church/ English Catholic Cardinal (Catholicism)/Cardinal-Priest, Bishop (Catholicism)/Bishop, and theologian. He was a man of learning, associated with the intellectuals and political leaders of his day, and eventually became Chancellor (education)/Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Fisher was executed by order of Henry VIII of England/Henry VIII during the English Reformation for refusing to accept the king as Supreme Head of the Church of England and for upholding the Catholic Church's doctrine of papal primacy. He was named a cardinal (Catholic Church)/cardinal shortly before his death. He is honoured as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. He shares his feast day with St. Thomas More on 22 June in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints and on 6 July in that of the Calendar of saints (Church of England)/Church of England.

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I was one of the last ones to go.

Within the next couple of weeks, I'll be leaving North America to relocate permanently to Geneva, where many of the United Nations human rights mechanisms are based.

Four of the five singles matches could have gone either way.

600 to 700 pounds.

I was like, 'You're kidding me. How could I be leading, not peddling a good portion of the course?'

Our girls were out there to have some fun. When you're going against a team that has this kind of talent level, that can be kind of difficult, though. ... We all know what the trip to Hilton Head Island is like.

We only had one girl who played last year and only lost the match by one.

We have to brace ourselves for a long and hard struggle.

We played good points but we never played good games. We were playing so well but couldn't score. Their shots are getting so much better. It's really frustrating.