Word: convert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Last week's pact calls for Atlantic Richfield to help finance joint ventures with ECD to develop alternative energy sources. Using Ovshinsky's theories, the two companies are looking for a much cheaper way to make photovoltaic cells that can convert sunlight directly into electricity...
...last week to bring a resolution calling for economic sanctions against Iran to a Security Council vote. The American proposal calls on U.N. members to halt all exports to Iran, except food and medicine. In addition, it would curb the Iranians' ability to obtain new foreign loans or convert their dollars into other Western currencies...
...Jerk will not drive away any Steve Martin fans, but neither is it likely to convert many unbelievers. Its humor is successful and unsuccessful by turns, and although Comedian Carl Reiner is the director, the instinct here is to give most of both credit and blame to Martin. The basic idea is clever: Martin is cast as the loving, beloved adopted son of a family of black sharecroppers. He is dumb as cow-flop and hopeless at foot shufflin' and finger snappin', but he tries hard. When he is ready to go out into the big world...
...Steelers are not invincible. Ask San Diego, Houston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, and they'll tell you it can be done--with a superb defense, a deep threat and the ability to convert their mistakes into your touchdowns...
Harvard maintained a territorial edge, especially in the opening and final periods, but could not convert opportunities into goals. Princeton (4-5 Division I), meanwhile, made the Crimson regret every mistake...