Word: convert
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Even though both teams had power-play opportunities in overtime, neither team could push past the other to convert those chances into a goal...
...reveres wine more than the French, but it turns out that even they can have too much of a good thing. The Confederation of French Wine Cooperatives recently asked the European Union for permission to convert 66 million gallons of wine--333 million bottles--into industrial-grade alcohol, including ethanol for French cars. Why? A large grape harvest in 2004 has fed a glut in the French wine market, which is already reeling from tumbling demand. Domestic wine consumption--which makes up 70% of the industry's sales--has dropped sharply in recent years, owing to changing health attitudes...
Coming off the biggest win in recent memory, a 61-57 thriller over league-nemesis Princeton, the Crimson will hit I-95 for games against Brown and Yale this weekend. In 1999, the last year Harvard beat the Tigers, the Crimson was able to convert the momentum from that overtime victory into a road sweep of Brown and Yale to finish at 7-7 in league play...
...minute later, freshman Dave Watters’ breakaway was smothered, and, shortly thereafter, his classmate Tyler Magura couldn’t convert...
...defensive side of special teams, the Crimson was just as effective at limiting the Big Green. Dartmouth’s power play, second in the country at 28 percent, was held to 1-for-6 and failed to convert on a key two-man advantage late in the first period. During that time, the Harvard defense continually threw the puck back up the ice and junior goalkeeper Ali Boe made two important glove saves to keep the momentum on the Crimson’s side...