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- noun Plural form of
convert . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
convert .
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doggdot.us 2008
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The goal is to win converts, that is people who will wander from the literary fiction aisle of B&N to the Fantasy & Sci-Fi section.
MIND MELD: The Perfect SF/F/H Books to Give to People Who Don't Read SF/F/H 2009
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I know them Mormons when they goes out to get what they call converts, preaches a lot about the prophet, and a good deal about the comforts they would have in Utah.
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Most people have no problem seeing irrationality in converts to every other faith, but diplomacy forbids acknowledging this, offering pretexts instead, which also appears as justification.
Bukiet on Brooklyn Books Hal Duncan 2009
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Sincere converts from the GOP to the Democratic Party are always welcome. blake
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The trouble with late converts is that they tend to be seriously zealous.
If It Looks Crazy And It Sounds Crazy………….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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But his comments are not expected to win converts with Russia's democratic opposition.
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If you are a conservative, you might secretly admire those very things that liberals say they hate about Islam, but you can openly hate it for being a threat to Judeo-Christian culture, for being an opponent of Israel, and for being a dangerously seductive rival religion that continues to gain converts, perhaps leading to the Apocalypse.
Kamran Pasha: Fashion Alert: Fearing Muslims Is The New Black Kamran Pasha 2010
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If you are a conservative, you might secretly admire those very things that liberals say they hate about Islam, but you can openly hate it for being a threat to Judeo-Christian culture, for being an opponent of Israel, and for being a dangerously seductive rival religion that continues to gain converts, perhaps leading to the Apocalypse.
Kamran Pasha: Fashion Alert: Fearing Muslims Is The New Black Kamran Pasha 2010
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Whether it be creationism, 'new math', phonics, whole-language etc. the idea has to win converts one by one.
Teacher Pay and Quality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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