Word: convert
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Michal Ann Strahilevitz, a professor of marketing at Golden Gate University in San Francisco who researches consumer interest in green, thinks Clorox's pursuing its core customer base--rather than trying to convert loyalists of other natural brands--is the smarter strategy. "Consumers come in different shades of green," she says. "Some are dark green, as in almost obsessive. But it's more typical for consumers to be light green, when the price they pay does not involve too much inconvenience or too much money." And that's exactly the way Clorox is shading...
...words of Pope John Paul II in 1993 in Sicily after a series of bloody Mafia attacks: "This people, the Sicilian people, so attached to life, who love life, who give life, cannot continue to live under the pressure of ... a culture of death. I say to those responsible: Convert! Convert! One day the judgment of God will come!" These words should take root in the conscience of all who call themselves Christian. Yet destroying the bond between politics and organized crime is not just an ethical choice, but a vital necessity for democracy and a basic exercise of self...
...streams in eight regions across the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and found that only about a quarter of the nitrogen that spills into rivers makes it to open water, with most of the rest managed by bacteria that live in the waterways. In a process called denitrification, the microbes convert nitrates in the water into nitrogen gas, which is released into the atmosphere. It's an excellent example of a biological service: one of the many free processes performed for us by our environment, without which life as we know it might not be possible. (Think how expensive it would...
...really good, nice quality stuff.” Although the shop has been around for decades, the word is just now spreading among Harvard students eager to enhance their wardrobes without emptying their wallets. Sam Teller ’08-’09 considers himself a CCTS convert, having recently made his first purchase: a rain jacket and tie for just $10. “Why spend $40 for a sweatshirt at American Apparel when you can get cheap, fun clothes and support the good folks at Christ Church?” says Teller, a former Crimson magazine editor...
...some ways it settles you in because you know that it’s going to be a great battle and it helps you stay focused.”Harvard finally broke through for a goal 6:38 into the second frame. After the Crimson failed to convert on its first power-play opportunity, freshman Liza Ryabkina slammed a hard shot home from the blueline for her 10th goal of the season and second of the weekend.St. Lawrence quickly brought the game back to a tie just under six minutes later when a Carson Duggan shot drew Kessler...