Word: convert
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...modern world-enders is that if anyone ever succeeds in exploding one atom of Matter, the whole universe will go off like a bunch of firecrackers. Last week, when Hearst newsmen discovered that two brave young German scientists plan shortly to try to crack an atom and convert it into radiation, the doomsday story was given another twirl. "A colossal catastrophe might ensue," declared the New York American. "Will this planet, twirling peacefully a million years,* be blown to smithereens...
...have saved her for himself. Too much a zealot for his easy-going townspeople, Bruce was soon unpopular, obviously doomed to failure. Besides, the town was too small for three churches, would never have had the third if it had not been for old John Durken. In trying to convert the only educated man in Midland, a blind man, an intelligent agnostic. Bruce's simple faith was shaken; but he would not admit it, went his narrow way more feverishly than ever. When he had succeeded in taking the joy out of Ab Carver's happy and occasionally lecherous life...
...Evanthia escaped him, but back in the pleasant pasture-lands her image gave him no rest. When a madman's prophetic maunderings reminded Saad of his demi-Christian heritage he dropped his new-won fame and trudged back to dangerous Kasir. As a pretended blind man, a pretended Christian convert, he saw Evanthia again. His bloody end was happy...
...coil, the interior of which is kept at about 900° F. heat and under great pressure. Dubbs's invention: making the oil compress itself. Suddenly this heated and compressed oil passes into an insulated chamber. There it breaks down into gasoline. The latest Dubbs "cracking" unit will convert 3,000 bbl. of oil per day, making 60% or more high-test antiknock motor fuel...
...London last week almost equalled the gold reserve of the Bank of England, that the Old Lady must be ready to meet any sudden French demand, that she faces moreover two major Empire monetary problems: 1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden's reputed intent to convert a huge part of the $48,000,000,000 British 5% War bonds now outstanding, paying off the holders with the proceeds of a loan floated on current "cheap money" at a lower rate of interest; and 2) the imminent need in Australia for at least...