Word: convert
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...dream: writing a long-gestating biopic about her aunt, a '30s Roller Derby star. The movie gets sold--not by Jackie but by a man she briefly dates who steals the idea. She ends up hired as his writing assistant, while--adding insult to insult--the studio decides to convert her idea into a tween movie set in the present. "No offense," an exec tells her, "but nobody goes to the movies to see chicks...
...that "the role of woman is derived...from the sin of Eve" and that bad children come from bad mothers. Sometimes her family life seemed to parallel his: raising kids on the road, home schooling, God fearing. At one point, she asked Woroniecki to write a letter to help convert her Catholic parents. The influence worried the Kennedys. What had Rusty got her into? But even Rusty grew concerned with her obsession with Scripture. Still, he says, "a guy cannot really complain that his wife is reading the Bible too much...
...with Shays to get a House vote, which means any action this year will depend on voters in the six states with ballot initiatives. All would increase the minimum wage to at least $6.15, and all are good bets to pass. It's less clear whether the Democrats can convert that support into backing for the party. If the minimum wage doesn't generate maximum anger against the Republicans, low-income workers may find themselves with bigger paychecks, but congressional Democrats may be right back where they began--in the minority...
...optimum health. There are few dietary sources other than oily fish. Omega-3-fortified eggs, new on the market, contain only small amounts. Walnuts, flaxseed and other vegetarian sources of omega-3 do not provide EPA and DHA but rather a precursor (alpha-linolenic acid) that the body must convert. This conversion is inefficient at best and often inhibited by high intake of the fats common in processed and fast food...
...early on a sunny morning in Southern Mexico that my family gathered in an outdoor kitchen, ready to convert a mountain of ingredients into a four-course feast. Sun-dried chili peppers, fresh nuts, chunk chocolate and a score of other ingredients were waiting to be blended into a spicy mole sauce. Crisp jicamas (roots of a local bean plant) had been set aside for salad. The buds of Castilian roses would be transformed into ice cream. It was an ambitious menu?especially since none of us had any idea how to make those dishes. But that was the point...