Word: convert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Widely known as a towering figure in pro basketball and a devout convert to the Islamic faith, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is less famous as an amateur musician. The son of a trombonist, the 7-ft. 2-in. Milwaukee Bucks center is a longtime jazz devotee who plays the piano, drums and reeds for relaxation...
Another process, called pyrolysis, will be used in Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Baltimore, Seattle and Charleston, W. Va. Refined by Monsanto, Union Carbide and other companies, the technique involves new, virtually oxygen-free furnaces to convert organic trash into oil or gas. In El Cajon, near San Diego, Occidental Petroleum's Garrett Research and Development Co. and the Environmental Protection Agency are jointly building a test pyrolytic plant that when completed in 1976 will have a capacity of 200 tons per day. For every ton of garbage that goes in, 1 bbl. of oil will come out, ready for sale...
Earlier in the week, Thieu, a Roman Catholic convert, had tried to appease his opponents by firing the notoriously corrupt commanders of three of the country's four military "corps." Among those busted was General Nguyen Vinh Nghi, of IV Corps (the Mekong Delta), who has long been suspected of pocketing the salaries of some 36,000 "phantom troops"-men who are on the payroll but nowhere else in the military. Thieu also cashiered 377 corrupt officers and dismissed four Cabinet ministers, including his cousin and confidant, Information Minister Hoang Due Nha, 32, who was responsible for censoring...
Harvard dominated the rest of the half as it outshot the Jumbos, 14-8. But it could not convert its opportunities, and the half ended in a deadlock...
...wayward comic life that is about as refreshing as any adventure movie around these days. The grand plan calls for the orchestration of such oddly diverse elements as hand-painted cockroaches, an enormous piece of chocolate cake and a giant vacuum cleaner. Better still, it requires Grodin to convert himself from a chronically depressed victim into a man of action. That development-as his voice-over narration, rather like a rehearsal for a Woody Allen monologue, makes clear-does nothing to alleviate his deep existential dread. "She is a very good person," he says with heartfelt gratitude as Bergen volunteers...