UN-DAMPENED SPIRITS--Dominican Sisters from Springfield, Illinois brave the rain during an "anti-death penality" rally, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1999. The Roman Catholic nuns were part of 900 sisters attending a Leadership Conference of Women Religious. Ninety-two percent of the various orders of Catholic sisters were represented at the conference. (JACK KUSTRON../photoj.com)