Word: convert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tour of the South Bronx. If Laborit's analyses seem a little too pat when concerned with the pointless, emotional cruelty we inflict on one another in our personal relationships, his dominance theory is terrifyingly precise when it deals with global kingdom-making. And Resnais' haunting last shot could convert many a cynic to Laborit's religion. Wrong or right, you've got to give him credit for trying to find an answer...
...Appeal of Black. It is the most beautiful color. It really is. You take, for instance, any material, and when you convert it into black-I don't even mean wood or a sculpture, I mean anything, for instance, a house-it's so distinguished...
Despite favorable odds, Harvard still couldn't seem to do anything right at first. Playing an aggressive full-court press, the cagers repeatedly extracted the ball from a bewildered Williams offense, brought it down the court, and failed to convert into buckets. Williams' 1-3-1 zone left a large doughnut hole inside the key, which a timid Crimson offense refused to penetrate, opting instead for wild outside shots...
...attorney for local real estate developers attacked the ordinance, which requires developers wishing to convert rental apartments to obtain a permit from Cambridge's Rent Control Board, on three basic grounds...
...slowed condominium development in the city significantly since its adoption. A conversion permit was recently granted under the ordinance to Harvard for apartments on 7 Sumner Rd., which the University wished to convert to office space