Word: convert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...woman whom the members of the S.L.A. claimed as their latest convert, Tania-Patty, was surely the most unlikely terrorist recruit of all. Granddaughter of the legendary publisher William Randolph Hearst, she grew up with four sisters in a 22-room house in the suburb of Hillsborough. At Berkeley, she was partly supported with $300 a month from a trust fund and credit cards in her father's name. Patty had never demonstrated much interest in politics. Those who know her describe her as reserved and strongwilled. Says Brother-in-Law Jay Bosworth: "I wouldn't characterize her as naive...
...three-part General Examination spread over the entire senior year, the likelihood of failures probably would be reduced. But that is a by-product of our suggestions, not the purpose of them. The Committee's proposal was not designed to keep a handful of students from flunking but to convert a General Examination of dubious value into a really useful educational experience for all history concentrators. I hope students and faculty alike will judge it on that basis. James Turner Teaching Fellow in History
...prison in Norfolk, Mass., the opening of the New England chapter of the National Association for Justice, which he founded in 1972 on his release from federal jail. Its aim: to help cons battle civil rights and legal problems. Tackling questions from the floor, Law-and-Order Convert Hoffa advocated the death penalty for "mad dog" killers and kidnapers. But he came out against giving immunity to "stool pigeons" because that, in his view, is unfair to the people on whom they inform. "The result," said Jimmy gravely, "is not a trial of justice but a trial of injustice...
Other barter deals involve a kind of commission paid in goods rather than cash. Dow Chemical Co., for example, currently ships ethylene to other chemical processors who cannot get the substance elsewhere. The processors convert the ethylene to polyethylene, then ship a percentage of the polyethylene to Dow and keep the rest as payment. Dow can in turn continue to supply polyethylene to its customers...
...What guarantee does Betzner have that the Catholics are not going to have women priests soon?" asked a young woman at Augustana. "The only thing left for him then is to convert to Islam...