Word: convert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...brilliant play of Harvard Co-Captains Manda Schossberger and Carolyn Burger was neutralized by the efforts of Holy Cross juniors Shannon McMann, Jennifer Woozniak and Maura Sullivan. The Crusaders used their superior size and strength, making it difficult for the Crimson to convert on its attack strategies...
...state of Florida abide by what is already on the books." To comply, however, the state will have to take on the powerful sugar lobby. While not a defendant, sugar is clearly the suit's target. For Florida to meet Lehtinen's water-purity standards, farmers would have to convert at least 40,000 acres into marshes to filter their pollution. Instead, the sugar industry has questioned the U.S. Attorney's motives and disputed his scientists' data. "The first question is, Which sugar mill will you put out of business? Who will you put out of work?" asks Andy Rackley...
...eastern Amazon, seeks to exploit Brazil's mineral deposits, perhaps the world's largest, which include iron ore, manganese, bauxite, copper and nickel. The principal iron-ore mine began production in 1985, and its operation has little impact on the forest. The problem, however, is the smelters that convert the ore into pig iron. They are powered by charcoal, and the cheapest way to obtain it is by chopping down the surrounding forests and burning the trees. Environmentalists fear that Grande Carajas will repeat the dismal experience of the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, where pig-iron production...
...University is all set to go ahead with plans to convert the Harvard Union into a humanities center and move the freshperson dining hall to Memorial Hall. But there's one catch--funding...
...University is all set to go ahead with plans to convert the Harvard Union into a humanities center and move the freshperson dining hall to Memorial Hall. But there's one catch--funding...