Word: convert
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...crime, is one such person. He came to Germany in 1986, and in 1995 completed a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He moved to Bonn in 2000. While in Duisburg, Abdelwahab led an Islamic study group, one member of which was Christian Ganczarski, a German convert to Islam who is in police custody in France and has admitted ties to al-Qaeda. Abdelwahab admits to knowing Ganczarski, but "Does that mean I'm a terrorist?" he asks. "Then why don't [the German authorities] charge us? They don't charge us with anything, but they make...
...congregation blocked a plan to convert the chapel into a lobby for an 11-story, 50-unit apartment building. Fearing similar situations in the future, the congregation brought the case to court, demanding that the seminary be permitted to sell the property only to the congregation or to Harvard...
...offense—largely considered one of the team’s strengths in the offseason—which has failed to convert...
Both teams had six corners, but only the Eagles were able to convert on one penalty. Harvard sent three of its initial shots very high at goal, resulting in gasps from concerned spectators...
When University Hall unveiled a plan last month to convert Hilles from a library to student social space, administrators said they hoped the change would lure more river students to the Quad. But given the pressures College leaders were under, it’s hard to say whether the goal of integrating the Quad with the river was a cause of the renovations to Hilles and the QRAC or a justification...