Word: convert
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While Fitzpatrick and the offense racked up 389 total yards, the Harvard defense shut down Columbia, allowing only 104 yards through the first three quarters. The Lions found themselves unable to convert in big-play situations, going 0-13 and 1-4 on third-down and fourth-down conversions, respectively...
...purport to be supporting. Evangelical Christian Zionists not only want Jews to ultimately emigrate to Israel (regardless of whether or not they want to themselves), but would also be happy to let them stay there ’til the end of days—because unless they suddenly convert to Christianity, their supposed allies won’t be welcoming them to heaven...
...Over Zanzibar on his 22nd orbit, panel lights indicated that one of Cooper's three inverters [which convert battery power to alternating current] had gone dead. He tried to start a second, but could not. Cooper's sole remaining inverter was needed to power cabin-cooling gear on re-entry. Now Cooper would have no automatic aids at all in bringing his capsule down ... It was up to Cooper?with some dramatic help from the calm, crisp voice of [ground liaison] John Glenn ... Cooper and Glenn ran swiftly, surely down a check list of the operations Cooper must perform...
Harvard has had a number of convincing victories this season when its offensive juggernaut was both in sync and able to convert on opportunities in the red zone. The Crimson’s 35-0 trouncing of Holy Cross and its 41-14 demolishing of Northeastern proved that Harvard was capable of blowing teams away...
...with sophomore running back Clifton Dawson on the sideline due to a muscle strain in his side that he sustained earlier in the game, senior running back Nick Carrington got the call and couldn’t convert, as his own lineman tripped him up behind the line...