Word: convert
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nationalist President Chiang Kai-shek, a convert to the Methodist Church, and his Wellesley College-educated wife naturally became the symbols of China in American eyes during World War II, along with the sturdy peasants depicted in the novels of Pearl Buck. The U.S. armed and supported Chiang as an important ally in the struggle against Japan. Washington was wrong again: Chiang spent more energy attacking Mao Zedong's communists than trying to repel the Japanese invaders...
...Harvard has taken concrete steps to internationalize the student body by admitting more foreigners. Last summer, the school signed a deal with Ecuador to convert $2.5 million of the country's debt into Harvard scholarships...
...this endeavor, I integrate images, text and ideas to provoke reactions that stories or photos alone never could. My intent is not to convert readers, but to agitate their intellects--to convey a stimulating perspective in a powerful manner that compels them to stop, stare and even question. The cartoon's potential to alter viewpoints and influence action is what I aspire to unlock. Special cartoons transcend the limitations of their topic and medium when they touch the chords of human feeling and morality. To accomplish this, they must originate from the gut of their maker...
...enlightened self-interest. Joseph Alfandre, the man behind Kentlands and Belmont, had been a very successful developer of rather routine suburban pods around Washington. In 1988 he was considering land-use plans for the 352-acre Kentlands site. Then he heard about Duany and Plater-Zyberk, became a convert, canceled his plans and started over...
...eliminate the exemption that allows rent-controlled University-affiliated housing to convert from rent control after a vacancy...