Orthodox Christians and Muslims are taught not only that the sacred scriptures of other religions contain false beliefs; they are often encouraged to try to convert those of other religions to their religious perspective.
After the war, when there were food shortages, it became an important source of protein; General MacArthur encouraged fishermen to convert their boats to whalers.
The precedent for the South Orange government's involvement in the arts dates to 1994, when it encouraged volunteers to convert an empty room in the local community center into a professional-caliber art gallery.
In his papal bull Exultavit cor nostrum, Urban congratulated Hulagu on his expression of goodwill towards the Christian faith, and encouraged him to convert to Christianity.
The goal is to encourage them to convert vacant upper floors of their retail stores to market-rate apartments.
The plan is expected to eliminate the extra penalties for withdrawing money prematurely from existing I.R.A.'s, encouraging individuals to convert the proceeds to tax-free accounts.
"A first step in returning the land to Cuba, the Guantánamo peace park and research center would encourage nations to convert military bases and conflict zones into areas of creativity, cooperation, and biodiversity conservation," the proposal said.
Mr. Cavallo gave "dollarization" a strong push over the weekend by mandating that for the next 90 days, banks can lend only in dollars, and by forcing them to lower interest rates paid on peso bank accounts to encourage depositors to convert their savings into dollars.
Although all the restaurants, antique shops and galleries have created parking and traffic bottlenecks, town officials have sought to limit the number of cars in town on weekends by encouraging developers to convert factory buildings into office space rather than retail or residential developments.
