Word: convert
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...rigging. The margin wasn't large enough, though, for him to claim total victory and a run-off was scheduled two weeks later against the runner-up, Nasheed. Gayoom launched blistering attacks on his opponent's credibility, pointing to his lack of experience and claiming he was trying to convert Maldivians to Christianity - a weighty accusation in this staunchly Sunni Muslim state. But with all the opposition factions united behind him, Nasheed turned his deficit from the first vote into a significant majority and completed his rise from prison to the halls of power amid scenes of widespread jubilation...
...contrast, McCain is a recent convert to federal support for embryonic stem cell research: despite opposing federal funding when the issue first came up in Congress several years ago, he now supports funding the controversial research and has voted for recent legislation to increase such support...
...added about recovering the fumble. “I was chasing down the play...and all of a sudden there was the ball right there. It wasn’t that hard of a play for me.” The first fumble came after Harvard was unable to convert on a third-and-11 play from the Mountain Hawk 20-yard line and junior kicker Patrick Long missed a field goal from 33 yards out. On its first play of the ensuing drive, Lehigh fumbled the ball, and rookie corner Matt Hanson scooped it up at the Mountain Hawks...
...Eli’s court to give the Crimson a lead it would not relinquish. Aided by five McKinley kills, Harvard jumped out to an early lead in the fifth and final frame, 10-6. The Crimson came to within four points of sealing the victory, but could not convert on its efforts.Yale capitalized on two untimely Harvard errors with four consecutive Cat Dailey kills as a part of its game-winning 9-1 streak at the end of the fifth.Many of the game’s statistics favored Harvard: .228 hitting percentage, 61 kills, and 11 blocks compared with...
...always been suspicious of McCain. But ever since she joined the ticket in late August, the Alaska governor's various religious affiliations have caused headaches. First came reports that her pastor at the nondenominational Wasilla Bible Church was connected to Jews for Jesus, an organization that seeks to convert Jews to Christianity. Prominent Jewish leaders, including the co-chair of McCain's Jewish outreach effort, have since demanded to know whether Palin also believes that Jews must be converted. The Bible Church became an issue again when Katie Couric asked Palin about the church's promotion of a program...