Word: convert
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...convert his enhanced stature into something solid? In the Afghan war, the limits of having no divisions - or more accurately, just a few cruise missiles and some special forces - are beginning to undercut the authority he projects, which in many ways is a confidence trick born of his own forceful personality and fast footwork. His war aims are admirably grand - reviving the Middle East peace process, tackling "grinding poverty and pandemic disease" in Africa, fortifying the U.N. and rebuilding Afghanistan - but delivering any of them depends on Bush, who is narrowly focused on getting al-Qaeda and defending the homeland...
...Dick Armey resolves to go out of the House with a bang and spend his last year opportunity in office putting together a credible 10-year proposal to convert America to a 20-percent flat income tax. If this is to be an America reborn, economically and spiritually, why not rebuild it around fair and simple taxation? Jesse Ventura can even run for president...
Apparently it was The Autobiography of Malcolm X that inspired Walker to convert to Islam. He talked with his parents about his plans. Frank Lindh, now a lawyer with Pacific Gas & Electric, was accepting. Marilyn Walker had reservations. "She was concerned," says Marilyn's friend Stephanie Hendricks. "You have a 16-year-old kid who gets involved in any kind of religion in a passionate way, and you're going to want to know more about it, right...
...Apparently it was The Autobiography of Malcolm X that inspired Walker to convert to Islam. He talked with his parents about his plans. Frank Lindh, now a lawyer with Pacific Gas & Electric, was accepting. Marilyn Walker had reservations. "She was concerned," says Marilyn's friend Stephanie Hendricks. "You have a 16-year-old kid who gets involved in any kind of religion in a passionate way, and you're going to want to know more about it, right...
...Harvard finished with four players in double figures, though Prasse-Freeman’s four first-half three-pointers would be the only long-range shots the Crimson could convert...