Word: convert
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acquired in the minds of his countrymen the stature of a stern father-awe-inspiring, sometimes overrigid, the living symbol of righteous and unshakable purpose. But, though the public has seldom seen it, there is an obverse side to Adenauer's character: a nagging, emotional mistrustfulness that can convert him in the blink of an eye to a man of angry impulse. Last week Konrad Adenauer, 83, gave full rein to his impulsiveness and by doing so flawed an unsurpassed international reputation for rock-like consistency...
Casting about for something to enliven a newsless paper one night last week, Sir William Haley, editor of the prestigious Times of London, decided to convert a gossipy background article by his youngish new political correspondent into the day's leading news story. Next morning 250,000 Britons ("The top people read the Times") learned to their intense fascination that Prime Minister Harold Macmillan had lately taken Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd's arm "in a paternal grip" and proposed that Lloyd move down to a lesser government job within the next "several months...
...spirit of the College, even for the believers. Demos's method in teaching Phil. 1 reflects the divorce of believing and teaching which characterizes much of the faculty's approach. Demos admits frankly that he is "a believer," and he says furthermore, "Everybody who believes something should try to convert everybody else. I don't believe you should try to dissociate belief from the missionary spirit...
...Demos admittedly does not try to convert in his philosophy class. His self-described role is that of the actor, speaking for the various philosophers. For the instructor, the role of the believer yields to that of the impartial spokesman expounding the bits of wisdom and insight which each philosopher offers. The values of teaching many philosophical claims to truth thus take precedence over the teaching of the professor's own convictions...
...attending Mass, partly because the Eskimo is an individualist. "He just won't let anyone tell him what to do. He doesn't readily subject himself to the discipline required of a Catholic." The Roman Catholic mission at Pond Inlet, Baffin Island, has not made a convert in 30 years, and the Eskimos of northern Quebec, which is well saturated with Catholic missionaries, are 98% Anglican...