Word: convert
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...Dutch countryside than in a small town in western Michigan: a personal wind turbine. The 33-ft.-high (10 m) machine, whose blades span 7 ft. (2 m) in diameter, sits next to the pole barn 100 yd. (90 m) from Morrell's home. (Turbines like Morrell's convert the energy of the wind to electricity, while old windmills are geared for mechanical power, like pulling water from a well.) On days with decent wind - which occur frequently enough, since he can feel the breeze from Lake Michigan - the $16,000 Swift wind turbine can generate 1.5 kilowatts...
...Maybe if we didn’t take those penalties, we might’ve been able to play with the lead and hold on.” After the Crimson was sent to the box 5:38 into the third frame, Brown managed to convert on the power play, slamming the puck through traffic and past the right post to tie the game at three. Harvard was hit with two more penalties before the period was over, including a 5-on-3 at the halfway point. Although the Crimson was able to kill those penalties, the shift to defense...
...like you. You can stay with us. But we don't want to hear any more about Jesus. OK?"...Had I taken the time to read about the Pirahãs before visitimg them the first time, I would have learned that missionaries had been trying to convert them for over two hundred years. From the first record of contact with the Pirahãs and the Muras, a closely related people, in the eighteenth century, they had developed a reputation for 'recalcitrance' - no Pirahãs are known to have 'converted' at any period in their history...
...balance. One was moving on to face No.10 Boston College in the second round. The other was going home.Unfortunately for the Harvard faithful packing the stands, it was not the Crimson’s night.Northeastern stepped up to drill home two more shots, while Harvard failed to convert, giving the Huskies (13-8-2, 6-4 CAA) a dramatic 3-2 (4-2 in penalty kicks) victory over recently-crowned Ivy champion Harvard (10-3-5, 5-1-1 Ivy).For Northeastern, its first time in a NCAA tournament match proved to be a memorable one.For Harvard, the magic...
...hand off to Gordon can't convert, comes up about a half yard short...