Word: convert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
Despite my arrest, and to the horror of my parents, I returned to New York something of a convert. I was only joking when I flashed my Communist Party card -- it was actually a Lenin Library card -- but Communism in theory was appealing: everybody works for the greater good, no one is allowed to go hungry or homeless or jobless, no one gets rich at another's expense. Contrast that with, in today's terms, millions of homeless in America and television producer Aaron Spelling's building a $50 million house for himself in Los Angeles...
...heavy-lift unmanned rocket for massive payloads. The other is the National Aerospace Plane, or "Orient Express." Smaller than the shuttle, it would take off like an airplane from a runway, soar into space to deliver its human cargo, then return and land. And NASA has plans to convert the present shuttle into a cargo-only model, with a larger payload than the manned version. Together, these launchers would give NASA much needed flexibility...
...purpose throughout is to offer citizens of the global village a selection of practical information that is tailored to their needs, while remaining attentive to regional concerns. We took an additional step in that direction in April by becoming the first global newsmagazine to convert to all-color printing in all editions (a capability we've had in the U.S. since...
...Supporters of Proposition 1-2-3, a measure allowing some tenants in rent-controlled housing to convert their apartments to condominiums, submit a petition with 7000 signatures to the city Election Commission, calling for a ballot referendum. The 1-2-3 proponents have actually collected more than 15,000 signatures, enough to force a special election on the question, but they decide that their chances of victory will be greater in a regular election. On election day, canvassers are paid to collect signatures in support...