Word: convert
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...already having an impact. In Britain, big supermarkets send unsold and expired meat to companies that convert it into fuel to heat homes. Since 2001, the German biofuel company Saria takes greasy animal fats and cooking oil from caterers and restaurants and then turns it into renewable energy used for power stations and manufacturing plants. Saria found using animal oil instead of vegetable oil is not only a cheaper alternative, but it also produces less harmful emissions, delivers better engine efficiency and reduces noise pollution...
...mission isn’t to convert other people,” Luna said. “My mission is to show that being vegetarian is possible and delicious...
...definitely had our chances, but didn’t take care of the ball and didn’t convert at the foul line,” sophomore guard Oliver McNally wrote in a text message...
...Crimson was only able to convert two of its six powerplay attempts and ultimately failed to establish a dynamic forecheck, settling instead for shooting from just beyond the blue line...
...more than other talk shows, nor other daytime programs, but it means that she is not immune from the woes that plague lesser TV mortals. Without that big reliable pulpit in the public marketplace, how much power does Oprah wield? Does she have enough juice to convert most of her viewers to a cable channel? To develop a following for new Dr. Phils? To get Tom Cruise to jump on her couch again...