Word: convert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...here to convert the Harvard population," Cook, of Vermont, says about his group's relatively small presence on campus. "Our primary goal is to make people aware of us and understand what we stand...
...forward Kyle Dodson (10 points) was unable to convert in the lane, and a seemingly stunned Harvard squad did not foul intentionally, allowing B.C. to run the final 12 seconds off the clock...
This measure is intended to stop the wave of Americans who convert to Judaism and then move to Israel. Their fault is to have joined Reformed temples. They will not be allowed to become Israeli citizens unless they reconvert...
...called accretion disk. Some of that material continuously spirals down to smash into the surface of the neutron star -- at a rate of a trillion tons a second -- striking so violently that it literally explodes. Says Co-Discoverer William Priedhorsky of Los Alamos National Laboratory: "A neutron star can convert about 10% of the mass that falls on it into radiation. If you toss on a marshmallow, you get out the energy of a Hiroshima bomb." A trillion-ton marshmallow every second makes an even bigger splash; the stupendous energy from this perpetual explosion radiates outward | as a steady torrent...
...precise, nine Hollywood movies, the number he has appeared in over the past two years, making him one of the busiest actors in a town that twice blackballed him. "When you're hot you're hot," says his friend Jack Nicholson, whom Hopper helped convert from a featured player to a star with their 1969 film Easy Rider. "As an actor Dennis stands out because of his edge, his sincerity, the honesty he conveys. But Dennis also paints. He takes pictures. He's got an extremely fine eye for life. He's a great appreciator with a great vision...