Word: convert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...acres of land, more if need be (total farm acreage in the U. S.: 986,771,016) in four chief areas: 1) the Appalachian Highlands and Piedmont Plateau; 2) Michigan and Minnesota; 3) the western fringe of the Great Plains; 4) patches in eastern Kentucky; convert it into parks, game preserves, grazing ranges, take it out of production...
...Dominion Observatory. The projected telescope will be electrical, not optical. Dr. Henroteau and his aides have discovered how to deposit 25,000,000 minuscule silver dots on a square inch of thin mica plate. Starlight falling on the silvered mica will be scanned by photoelectric cells, which will convert the image into feeble electric current, which in turn will be amplified tremendously by three-electrode vacuum tubes. The result will be a photograph clear enough to bring remote stars into Earth's "back yard...
...times since 1871 have Oxford and Cambridge failed to play their annual game of rugby. Last week at Twickenham, before a shivering crowd of 40,000, they played their 58th match. Soon after it started, Oxford ran the ball over for a try (3 points), then kicked goal to convert (2 points). Cambridge snapped back with a try but failed to convert. Desperately Cambridge tried to catch up, but its drop kicks missed by a hair, and Oxford's backs held like iron. The score, 5-to-3, marked Oxford's 27th victory in the series...
...financial success though not a very great one, since only a slight sum was left over at the end of the year. For the past few years, with the exception of the class of 1936, the Red Book has steadily run a deficit. This year it is hoped to convert last year's slight margin into a substantial sum. One of the most important problems to be decided is the feature for this year. The Red Book of 1935 chose the Yard as the subject for its chief article and the 1936 board discussed the administration of President-emeritus Lowell...
...Roman Emperor Maximianus commanded an officer named Victor, a convert to Christianity, to burn incense to Jupiter. Victor not only refused to obey but in a burst of religious fervor toppled over Jupiter's altar, smashed the god's statue. For his deed his right foot was chopped off before he was executed. In the course of time he came to be venerated as St. Victor the Martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. Years later his foot, now a relic holy to many a French Catholic, was acquired by the Paris church of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet...