Word: convert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...present darkness. Her novel evokes the "New China"-public confessions, students marching and singing. "Defeat the savage-hearted American wolf," brainwashed Mu San leading a party of schoolchildren to a beheading in order to harden Communist discipline. Venture into Darkness is a terrifying look at a tyranny trying to convert China into "600 million mindless people, swayed by the mind of one man, one idea...
...Financial mismanagement in the government. Semi-independent government corporations, e.g., the Centro Bolivar, the Workers' Bank, are paying many debts in short-term government notes. The contractors and sellers who get the notes must give discounts up to 18% to convert them into cash, so they naturally fatten their prices to cover the expected sacrifice. The absurdity of such costly short-term debt financing (total: some $127 million) in rich, credit-worthy Venezuela seems explainable only in terms of the carefree feeling that "it's only money." Pérez Jiménez, not at all amused...
...population o'f 88 million. The only way to change the situation, says Tomio Muto, is through evangelism. "If we could use a $10 million fund for three years-using radio newspapers, the theater, all propaganda agencies-mobilize all Japanese ministers and all Christians, then I could convert 1,000,000 Japanese. Then Japan will change. Politics will change. Corruption gambling and drinking will be attacked. With 1,000,000 Christians we would have 10 million sympathizers. We would create a moral foundation for Japan...
First line wing Lyle Guttu did convert McVey's rebound at 10:25 of the second period to put the Crimson within one goal of a tie. Inability to capitalize on several manpower advantages also hurt the freshmen, but McVey finally tied the score after Cleary had swept the defense and passed out from behind the cage. Copeland's winning tally came on a pass from Cleary and set off a wild demonstration by the Yardlings...
Headley, on the other hand, is definitely going ahead next year with a plan to convert a large suite in Leverett into a room for various student staff meetings and concentration dinners. The move is designed, he said, to free the Junior Common Room for students to relax and do casual reading...