Word: convert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...court chose to extoll the virtues of democratic referendums and found that California's "seemingly neutral" law had no discriminatory intent. Last week the court further ruled that states are not required to carve up election districts having several legislators, though a state's refusal to convert to single-member districts usually leaves black voters greatly outnumbered and without representatives of their...
...Though self-motivated kids can design their own independent study projects, no one can spend the entire year on one subject. All units have time limits; most include tests. Students who stray from their pods without an explanation get old-fashioned detention after school. Says Principal Jones, a pragmatic convert to informal teaching after 15 years in formal Maryland schools: "We need to control some of the kids who can't stand the 360-degree escape hatch...
...with the Lord and catch a good ride. When you are piling out for the next one you just say 'Thank you Lord for being so good to us and for the good waves and the good vibes.'" Christ is the essential focus, though. Surfer Mike Wonder, a fellow convert, sought Christ after he found the perfect wave in Hawaii and it failed to bring him happiness...
What's in a name? To Muslims, a great deal. Hence another exotic moniker for sports fans to stumble over: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the impressive appellation by which 7-ft. 2-in. Basketball Star Lew Alcindor wishes to be known henceforth. Jabbar, a convert from Roman Catholicism, is not a Black Muslim like Boxer Muhammad Ali, but a member of Islam's orthodox Sunni sect. As for his new name, he explained to a press conference that Kareem means "noble" or "generous"; Abdul, "servant of Allah"; Jabbar, "powerful." Jabbar, who left on a three-week tour of Africa...
...husband does not disagree. "Some of the main problems here are the lack of a viable political opposition, the status of women, and deficiencies in education," he says. "But things are improving; Australia is coming into its maturity." With the passion of a convert he adds, "In a word, Australians are healthier than Americans, and less perplexed...