Word: convert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Powell bowed to Eisenhower's "greatest contribution" in the civil-rights field, but made it clear that one reason for his switch was that he was piqued with Adlai Stevenson for snubbing him. Most Republicans were aware that their convert is a vari-plumed politico who in the past has been found on the left, center and right of some issues. But three inescapable facts emerged from Powell's switch: 1) Lightly as Negro intellectuals may regard Powell, he is a politician of indisputable influence. He has served six consecutive House terms, is pastor of one of Harlem...
...that Europe can no longer rely on the U.S. and must unite to save her own skin (TIME, Oct. 8). Last week, still beating the unity drum, Adenauer made a concrete proposal which he said had the concurrence of French Premier Guy Mollet. The proposal: a general scheme to convert the now-toothless Western European Union into an organization empowered to coordinate the foreign and military policies of member nations...
...European Coal and Steel Community (Germany, France, Italy and the Benelux countries) decided it was time to make the common market more than a dream. At a meeting in Messina, Sicily their economic experts drew up plans for a customs union that, from the trade point of view, would convert the six into a single "country" with no internal tariffs and common external tariffs. Since creation of such a union would have a drastic effect on the economy of other European powers, the 17-nation Organization for European Economic Cooperation last July established a working group to investigate the possibility...
...time went on, exceptions, dissents, second thoughts were certain to chill the first fervent breath of approval. And time would indeed be required, at least ten years, perhaps 15, to convert the economic-union dream into working reality. A few weeks ago few would have predicted that the dream was feasible at all. After last week's discussion, however, Harold Macmillan's vision could be rated a distinct possibility...
...councillor also proposed that the City seize the plot of land opposite the entrance to the Fly Club and across the street from Claverly to convert it into a parking lot. "The University is not using that land for educational purposes," Vellucci said. "If Harvard won't do it, the city will take the land, put up parking meters, and let the students...