Word: converted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...occurred to him that democracy was for export," writes Bernier. The soldier returned to France an enthusiastic supporter of the ancien régime. Yet as the toast of Paris salons, he met some of the new egalitarian thinkers of the day and became a genuine convert to the cause of democracy. His new ideals and his ever growing popularity drew him into the French Revolution, and at 31 he became vice president of the new National Assembly the day before the Bastille was stormed. By trying to give the monarchy a republican patina, however, he earned the enmity...
...senior Defense Department official. "It's equally clear that the Israelis have a stronger, more direct military confrontation with the Syrians than we do." But it would be "overdrawn," he said, to talk about "spheres of influence." Another result of the Shamir visit was the decision to convert military-aid programs to Israel and Egypt from loans to grants. Over the next fiscal year, the U.S. will give $1.4 billion to Israel and $1.1 billion to Egypt...
...James Draper of the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation's largest Protestant group. More adverse publicity for the Administration could be generated by Senate confirmation of the first Ambassador to the Vatican. He is likely to be Reagan's current personal representative, William Wilson, 69, a Catholic convert, California businessman and Reagan intimate...
With 46 seconds left, Harvard mustered up another effort. After a hurried air ball by Ferry, Plutnicki snared the rebound to convert it for two. But Harvard's luck finally seemed to have run out when Reale and Elzie both made good on their consecutive stints at the free throw line: 24 seconds...
...final period, a B.C. penalty gave Harvard its first power play opportunity. The number one line took 10 seconds to convert it. Hurley did the honors, scoring off a Landry behind-the-net feed...