As reported in Chelsea Now, a weekly newspaper, they are resisting an effort to convert their humble, rent-stabilized building into a luxury hotel, a change that would require some tenants to move to the upper floors and even more to move out and make their way in the city's pricey real estate market.
Drivers will often spend hundreds of thousands of yen and take years of painstaking effort to convert their trucks into art – and by art, we mean vehicles that carry thousands of pounds of dried squid across the Japanese countryside.
39 NEW YORK/REGION 41-49 Reform Jews Converts ConverTheThe president of the Union for Reform Judaism, concerned about intermarriage, recently called for Reform synagogues to increase their efforts to convert non-Jewish spouses.
Eventually, however, the Europeans became overly zealous in their efforts to convert Buddhist Siamese to Christianity.
In order to consolidate his military gains, Charles supported St. Boniface and other missionaries in their efforts to convert the German tribes on the eastern frontier to Christianity.
Developers have long coveted these relics of recession, but their efforts to convert them into flats has been frustrated by local authorities hoping to keep them as they are, ready for new businesses to move in when the good times return.
The Oğuz Turks had accepted Islam late in the 10th century, and their leaders displayed a convert's zeal in their efforts to restore a Muslim polity along orthodox lines.
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The avalanche of scores took the losing bonus point away from Connacht, who gained some consolation in the form of converted efforts from replacements Miah Nikora and Shane O'Leary.
After missing an earlier effort O'Connor put Irish ahead with an 11th-minute penalty before Worcester hit back through Pennell, who successfully converted an effort of his own to make it 3-3.
