Word: convert
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...times change. Contracts failed to materialize, and Gazza's body refused to convert the lightening moves in his mind to dazzling play on the pitch during tryouts with Major League Soccer's DC United and a slew of lackluster sides, including Scottish second division Berwick Rangers. Which is why Gazza has ended up in a training camp in southern Guangdong province, where he will practice for a couple of weeks before heading north to Lanzhou, a city so dirty that when you blow your nose the resulting mess is black. No one expected him to land here with the lowly...
According to Vargas, the chemicals to convert the leaf into a controlled substance come from...
...thought that our attack didn’t attack the goal,” Kleinfelder said. “They were passing the ball around, looking for someone else to take the shot. I felt that we had more opportunities than they did, but we didn’t convert, especially in the first half...
...Country wagon roughly the size of a supertanker. One day a forward-thinking uncle asked me, "Why does your dad drive that gas guzzler? Doesn't he give a damn about the planet?" When my father caved in and bought a Honda Civic, he displayed the zeal of the convert and--drunk on virtue and high mileage--indignantly began to point out land yachts everywhere. My brother and I, jammed into the backseat, felt differently. We missed the Town & Country...
...early 1950s, many of the actors instrumental in the Brattle’s early history had moved on to professional careers in acting. The door was open for change, and in 1953 Cyrus Harvey, Jr. ’47 and Bryan Halliday, both Harvard affiliates, decided to convert the Brattle from a performance space to a movie theater...