Word: convert
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...There may be a high environmental price to pay as poor nations convert from two wheels to four. John Rogers, a consultant for the Asian Development Bank, estimates the number of cars in India will increase from 6.2 million in 2005 to 41.6 million by 2025. Putting millions of new vehicles on roads will increase pollution and put further strain on overtaxed transportation networks. "We cannot afford this type of congestion," says Anumita Roychowdhury, associate director of the New Delhi-based nongovernmental group Center for Science and Environment. "It's defeating the reason people buy cars: for mobility." Roychowdhury...
...wooden pew. You see, my father was once one of you. Like many Irish-American boys of his generation, he joined the seminary as a teen and wore the collar until his mid-30s. On his mission in Japan, he met a lovely young Buddhist whom he successfully converted. After he wrote to the Vatican and renounced his priesthood, she in turn successfully converted him into a husband. I am one of four offspring of a former priest and a convert who overcame great odds--even scandal--to marry in the faith. Mass for us was not a scheduling option...
...Given that profound disconnect, the Baghdad-in-Chicago analogy is tactically limited, as well as mathematically flawed. Of course, at this stage of the race, politicians are not necessarily looking to convert anyone. They are looking to mobilize their base. And indeed, Obama's speech got him a standing ovation at that church in Chicago. So we can expect to hear more such analogies - right up until the primaries are over. Then the math may get even fuzzier...
...been able to fully capitalize on Fretilin's waning popularity, not even Gusmão's CNRT. Although the party was founded by East Timor's most beloved leader, CNRT was formed so hastily earlier this year that it was not able to build the electoral infrastructure needed to convert respect for Gusmão into actual votes. Still, Gusmão could very well end up as the country's Prime Minister after coalition talks take place over the coming weeks...
...have been pouring taxpayers' money into distillation schemes [to convert unsold wine to industrial alcohol] while New World wine-producers have been running rings round us," E.U. Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said last week. "Clearly, we must take a different approach to helping Europe's excellent wines punch their weight around the world more consistently...