Word: convert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...running short of oil and needs every drop it can get. Airlines are discussing scheduling fewer flights. Democratic Senator Henry Jackson of Washington has introduced a bill that would, among other things, lower the speed limits on interstate highways to 50 m.p.h. or less and force some utilities to convert from oil to higher-polluting coal. The most chilling aspect of an oil embargo-literally-is that the U.S. might be unable to stay warm this winter. The Interior Department figures that the nation will have to import 650,000 bbl. of heating oil a day to supply adequate heat...
According to the SEC, Smith and some associates devised a complex scheme to convert Westgate's most profitable assets to their own use. Smith supposedly 1) allowed the conglomerate to buy up companies of questionable value at grossly inflated prices, 2) transferred control of the acquisitions to other parts of his financial machine, and 3) used these grossly inflated assets to secure huge loans from U.S. National. In other instances, Smith is charged with selling solid Westgate holdings at bargain prices to other companies under his control and financing the deals with loans from the bank...
...rambling, overlong style has left many of Big John's audiences a bit heavy-lidded by the end of the evening, but by and large, Republicans seem enthusiastic about their newest convert. "The people I talked to before the meeting were skeptical because he's a short-term Republican," said Architect Richard Peters of Lawrence, Kans. "But they're damned glad now that he's a Republican...
...separation as he does into complex legislation at the State House. It was no overnight decision. He has known the comely, ash blonde, 36-year-old Jeanne Dorsey for ten years; she divorced her husband, a former state senator, in 1969. She takes their romance very seriously. A recent convert to Judaism, the Governor's religion, she is willing to wait for Mandel, however long it takes him. "If it took forever, I would wait," she declares. "The type of love we have does not know time. He's my whole life. I love him totally...
...Crimson continued to pressure Columbia the rest of the half but failed to convert its chances as the period ended with the Lions lucky enough to hold Harvard...