Word: convert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bulldogs raced to a 27-16 halftime lead, forcing Radcliffe coach John McCarthy to adopt a different defensive strategy Radcliffe countered with a man-to-man defense in the second half and while the pressing defense produced turnovers, the Crimson could not convert them into points...
...least a bureaucratic recognition of women's equality. But the battle against sexism in the University can only be won by a much longer struggle requiring the cooperation of all women, in all facets of their lives, including personal relationships. Radcliffe as an institution will never be able to convert the sexists; meanwhile, it gives them an excuse to ignore women and their rightful claims to Harvard's resources, its attention and its precious 300-year-old name...
...outskirts of the city of Suez stand twin six-foot portraits of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Saudi Arabia's King Faisal. The pictures symbolize Egyptian hopes that Arab oil money will finance the reconstruction of the war-ruined Suez Canal Zone and eventually convert it into a thriving agricultural and industrial region. One tangible result of this dream is "King Faisal City," a suburb of 3,000 housing units that is being built behind the portraits. Another is the announcement, expected imminently, that salvage operations in the canal, which has been closed since 1967, have been completed...
...mystical person in an unattainable niche. She battled against odds in the trials of life with American stamina and cheerfulness; she worked and succeeded with American efficiency." So the late Francis Cardinal Spellman characterized Elizabeth Bayley Seton, a 19th century Roman Catholic convert who founded the first American religious order, the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph. The cardinal was leading a pilgrimage to Rome, where Mother Seton was beatified by Pope John XXIII on St. Patrick's Day in 1963. Last week after 32 cardinals assembled in the Vatican to cast their ballots in a secret consistory, Pope...
Then came Mao's Cultural Revolution. The churches that had been allowed to stay open were turned into workshops and warehouses, and a concerted campaign was mounted to convert the remaining religious Chinese -both Christian and non-Christian-to the fervor of Maoism. But pockets of ideological resistance seem to remain...