Word: convert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Denison proudly presented his new convert to Mother Denison, who was visiting the campus. Afterwards. Mrs. Denison said thoughtfully: "I am very much impressed with your friend Soapy. He is a Franklin Roosevelt at 24. He will some day be President...
...would be foolish to take comfort from this fact: Russia devotes about three times as much of its total production as the U.S. to heavy (i.e., war-supporting) industry, and can convert from peace to total war production far more quickly and ruthlessly than the U.S. can. Comments the Economist: "It looks as if the Russians are planning not for peace or for war, but for what the West calls cold war . . . From the point of view of the Soviet rulers, the cold war is probably the ideal planning situation, for just sufficient tension can be maintained to justify...
...Customers seemed to like it, said they saved time by not having to wait for a salesgirl. Woolworth, which finds it hard to get clerks, hopes it will make it possible for existing staffs to sell more goods-and sell them faster. If it does, Woolworth's may convert its 1,965 other stores...
...Catholic Christian clergymen want to convert the pagan, why do they insist on invading countries that have been Catholic for centuries? And if they do enter such countries, why must they preach a vicious, and-Catholic brand of Christianity...
...metal a day. The first big boost came last August when the Government approved a fast tax write-off on a $14 million investment of Titanium Metals Corp., jointly owned by Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. and National Lead (TIME, Aug. 20). The money was used to convert facilities at the Government's $140 million wartime magnesium plant in Henderson, Nev. into a titanium smelter which now produces 60 tons of titanium a month...