Word: convert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...named Herndon. . . . It was clearly understood [at the start] that Pangborn was to be the pilot and that Herndon was to be a sort of glorified passenger and relief pilot if the occasion warranted. ... As a professional flyer I have no more sympathy with a Herndon who will deliberately convert a scientific undertaking into a personal publicity stunt, than I have with a Hutchinson [George R. Hutchinson, father of the 'Flying Family' which cracked up off Greenland] who undertakes a personal stunt under the guise of science. I think that the activities of both of these types...
...calamity for India. I search in vain in his latest letter for either a substantiation of his original proposition or a reasoned refutation of my rejoinder. Instead he has fully utilized the column to indulge in unrestrained vituperations against Gandhi and his methods, the true spirit of a new convert to a creed...
...case of 24 full pints for each five shares of National Distillers Products common- a dividend declared last August to induce holders of convertible preferred stock to exercise their option to convert...
Professor Palmer used to hold his seminar meetings in the large library which overlooks the Yard. All the rooms of the building are large and well lighted, and it has been suggested that if would be practicable to convert it into tutorial rooms in the manner that Warren House is used for English...
...Convert...