Word: convert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talk ing, and such disagreements as they have are politely put. Shawn seeks a certain comfort in routine; Gregory obviously seeks the intensification of experience that can result from a daily questioning of one's routines. Neither wants to pick a fight or, for that matter, make a convert. At most, it would seem, André wants to make certain that his odyssey was not in vain, that he learned something for his trouble. And, it must be said, there are several anecdotes that are not without interest in the retell ing, one or two observations about the ways...
...Crimson continued to apply offensive pressure but couldn't repeat MacMillan's act. With five minutes left to play, the stickwomen were awarded three successive short corners but were unable to convert on any of them. Big Green goalie Frances O'Donaghue made several clutch saves in the closing minutes to insure the Dartmouth victory...
...Harvard was unable to convert on the short corners awarded the squad on Springfield penalties. Tania Huber, who usually takes the pass from the corner and stops it with her bare hand, had trouble controlling the ball...
...goal is "not to convert the negative people but just activate the people who support us already." McCabe, who is taking a year off from her job as a psychologist, added, noting that polls show that 63 per cent of the national population and almost 70 per cent of all students support...
Harvard owned the game's first quarter, twice marching down the field with long possessions, but had been unable to convert all the offense into anything more than a pair of Jim Villanueva field goals...