Word: convert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Spree & the Promise. The reform had been anticipated. Two weeks earlier the U.S. State Department's Voice of America had reported a buying spree in Moscow, started by a rumor of new money. Thousands of Russians frantically tried to convert their money into more durable things-silk lampshades and fur coats-and stores closed on empty shelves behind signs which read: "Closed for repairs." Even when people had new money the shelves might stay empty...
Time & again, cocky, assertive Czechoslovakian Communist Party Boss Klement Gottwald assured the Kremlin and warned the West that he intended to convert Czechoslovakia into a one-party (Communist) state. But between plan and fulfillment stood next May's elections, in which Communists have set out to win an absolute (51%) majority. Last week, with voting six months away, Gottwald's campaign was in shrill swing...
...Madrid's most active Catholic laymen last week: "Out of 27 million Spaniards, there are only 25,000 Protestants in Spain-most of them foreigners. We Catholics lived peacefully with the Protestants while they limited themselves to the practice of their cult. But when they tried to convert Spain into a land of missions, we Catholics are obliged to go on guard and ask strict compliance with the law on behalf of internal peace...
...tricky brace of Yale backs used everything in the books to gain an early lead. Two passes by Cotton Smith and John Robertson, and an end sweep by Smith accounted for the Eli's first-half tallies, but in two of the scores the Bine failed to convert, leaving the half-time tally 19 to 14 against the Crimson...
...disturbed by a shortage of experienced forwards. "We have a strong backfield," she reports. "My tentative solution is to convert a few of the fast halfbacks to wing positions...