Word: convertible
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Price of Boots. Steinar sends for his family to join him in paradise. His son first discovers an interest in Mormonism when he notices the fine pair of boots a bishop is wearing. Neatly mixing materialism with religion, the bishop makes his convert: "No Lutheran could obtain a pair of boots like these, my lad." he says. "These shoes are a proof that the Church of the Latter-day Saints is founded on the All-Wisdom. These shoes have been a much stronger argument for me in arguments with Lutherans than any quotations from the Prophets...
...your November 14 article entitled "Council Discusses Plan to Convert the Upstairs of the Union into a College Center," you accidentally implied, through the modification of the position and wording of my statement, that I and the freshman class are selfishly oblivious to the interests of the upperclassmen...
...people my garden is to build the moonlight effect up slowly, then build highlights and subtle shadows. Then suddenly I turn it all off and flash a floodlight on the garden. Everybody always says, 'Oh, no!' and from that moment I know I've got a convert, and the husband knows he's going to have to spend some money. Floodlights are for finding your automobile in the driveway or for carrying the garbage out to the trash can. But not for gardens...
...favored changing it also wished to insure that the C.L.G.S. provision would fit into a larger, more far-ranging scheme designed to reshape Harvard's tutorial and Honors programs. At the same time as the Faculty approved the General Studies revision, it also passed a motion which attempted to convert the distinction between Honors and non-Honors Programs into a distinction between programs with, and without, tutorial instruction. The important point was that either the tutorial, or the non-tutorial program could lead to an Honors degree--the tutorial program by way of departmental recognition given for a competent senior...
...before he got them. With the proceeds of the real estate deal, he bought 25% of National Car Rental System, a lagging third to Hertz and Avis, which last week went public after 15 years as a federation of independent dealers. Now, with Milner as chairman, National intends to convert most of its 477 stations across the U.S. into franchised operations. It also plans to open at least 100 new stations in a bid for a bigger share of the billion-dollar-a-year rent-a-car business...