Word: convert
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...with his life? He wants to take some time off to travel to South America, meet up with the long-lost relatives in Scotland who invented the famous Tennant brew, initiate a startup in Silicon Valley, and serve his country by going into politics. Oh, and he wants to convert his family’s home videos into DVDs because “the VHS’ simply are not going to last.” That will be a good use of all his spare time...
...discussed in September’s Economist Technology Quarterly will make LEDs seem like a thing of the past. Whereas LEDs use only 15 percent of the energy put into them to create light, and old fashioned incandescents use only 5 percent (the rest becomes heat), these new bulbs convert over 50 percent of their energy input into light. Other advantages include that they don’t require the toxic chemical mercury and almost never burn out.But perhaps the most exciting breakthrough on the horizon is one being proposed by our engineering friends down Mass. Ave. The Vehicle Design...
...Harvard, and it showed in the physical nature of the contest. A big moment in the first period came when sophomore Anna McDonald was ejected and received a game misconduct after checking a Husky from behind. The Crimson had four power plays on the night but did not convert on any of them. Coming into the game, Harvard ranked first nationally in offensive power-play efficiency at 33 percent. “UConn played almost perfect defense,” Vaillancourt said. But it was the Harvard defense that came away with...
...Harvard gets a breakaw@f its own, but can't convert it. Vermont ices it, and we'll have a faceoff at the Catamounts...
...That afternoon the Duka brothers came back, picked up their DVD and left without incident. A week later the FBI showed up to get its copy. Morgenstern saw the Duka brothers only one more time. They came back shortly afterward with another tape to convert. But this one, Morgenstern says, was "everything I'm used to." It was a family video of kids and adults talking and laughing outside. And then Morgenstern heard nothing else for more than a year and a half...