Word: convert
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...story, about a cantor's son who goes into show business, at all modern. But Jolson's hip-swiveling salesmanship (he was in many ways the Elvis of his day) put over the novelty of talking pictures. The film, an immediate sensation, cued a frantic rush to convert all studios and movie theaters to sound, and signaled the end of a pristine, vigorous silent-film art. By 1930 virtually every U.S. film was a talkie, and movies haven't shut up since. Jolson's slangy cry was truly the shout heard 'round the world. --By Richard Corliss
...Harvard knew that was a Cornell tactic going in, and despite that forewarning the Big Red was able to convert with that play when it needed to most...
...want to hear from war supporters that I’m not being patriotic enough. Just because us moderates aren’t holding up banners reading “We support the war, kind of” does not make our opinions irrelevant. Instead of extremists aiming to convert us, maybe they should just listen...
...teams traded the final 10 goals of the game, with Brown icing the contest with a score at 27:09 of the second half. Playing down 6-5, Harvard had 12 minutes to tie the score one last time, but could not convert on its chances...
Harvard dominated the third period—but only by the numbers. Dartmouth had already won the game and had nothing left to prove. The Crimson failed to convert on both of its third-period, power-play chances. Ruggiero and fellow defenseman and captain Jamie Hagerman took late penalties for slashing and roughing respectively, demonstrating their frustration...