Word: convertibles
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ALCHEMY GOES, THIS ISN'T THE most glamorous of experiments. No one is turning straw into gold here or even water into wine. But David Emery is on a mission to convert the poultry industry's trash--feathers, basically--into heavy-duty cash. Every so often a few tons of wet, filthy feathers are delivered to the abandoned factory Emery bought in Wheaton, Mo. (pop. 712). Emery, an industry veteran who specialized in removing meat from bone, sends the glop through a maze of machinery he cobbled together to clean, dry and position the feathers for slicing. Finally, a giant...
...leaves begin to brown, as seersucker makes way for camel-hair, and as cosmopolitan cocktails convert to classic cognacs, we reach many Harvard students’ favorite time of year—punch season...
...Committees. We will hold more large-scale concerts and entertainment acts, drawing bigger audiences than ever before. We will expand the smaller events, such as Movie Nights, and services that make for a vibrant and convenient campus. In short, we will have quite a successful year if we can convert greater financial resources into a Harvard that students are excited to call home...
Matt Schindel pushed his first extra-point try wide right and the Crimson attempted a two-point conversion following its next score. But unlike last season, when Murphy expressed little to no faith in his kickers, Schindel returned to convert three PATs and a 31-yard field goal...
...EVERY WRONG THING DONE BY Muslims automatically blamed on Islam? Does anyone imagine that there would be instant peace in the Middle East if all Arabs were to convert to Christianity? Would Palestinians have more positive feelings about being dispossessed if they were all Christians? Would Iraqis feel better about years of crippling sanctions and bombing if they were of another faith? Would they look more kindly upon the torturers at Abu Ghraib? No. Palestinians and Iraqis would be committing the same violence but perhaps using biblical verses to justify it. Rather than analyzing the holy books of each religion...