Though Mr. Yassky noted that the fleet had become 80 percent more fuel-efficient since 2001, Mr. Bloomberg had once hoped to convert nearly the entire taxi population to hybrids, before a federal judge blocked his plan in 2008.
Wearing a dark suit and a tie adorned with -- what else? -- bison images, Mr. Turner, 64, was promoting the concept with the same touch of hucksterism that he once used to convert skeptics who did not see the potential of CNN, the 24-hour news network he founded.
He will reappear this week at Quail Hollow, the venue of his maiden PGA Tour win, where the world No1 hopes to convert once again the chances he is creating on the greens.
In the early 1960s, Amsterdam was steadily moving in the same direction as most old European cities - people were opting for the space and green of the suburbs, and companies were taking advantage of inexpensive inner-city real estate to convert once beautifully decorated residences into sterile offices.
Once again, Bairstow failed to convert a promising start into a score of substance.
Or, as this equally distressing piece in the Long Island Press suggests, is Newsday's new owner Cablevision really responsible for "destroying" this once great institution, trying to convert it into a marketing arm for its cable and internet divisions?
True, the Rangers were able to convert only once in nine power-play opportunities, although Messier's game-winner came seconds after a power play had expired.
And Charas itself once proposed allowing a developer to convert the top three floors of its 130,000-square-foot building to market-rate apartments, which would have subsidized the organization but violated a deed restriction, so vital to Charas's battle against eviction, that limits the building to community use.
Selecting multiple MBOX files to convert at once will be lengthy.
