To turn a stretch of double-stranded DNA into a protein, cells first have to build a copy of it using a single-stranded molecule called RNA.

For an $85 million project in Trenton, to turn a two-lane stretch of Route 29 into a four-lane road with full shoulders, the job will delay the average commuter about 10 minutes a trip, or more than 80 hours a year.

On the business side, Mr. Kheel is chairman of Grupo Punta Cana, a company that has turned a 30-square-mile stretch of coastal jungle in the Dominican Republic into a tourist and vacation-home resort.

It was on the rim wall, turning a stretch of the rim into a brilliant blue-white line...and it went out.

Railroad tracks have been removed to turn a four-mile stretch of river bank into landscaped gardens and promenades.

This month, plans were announced for a $5 million project to turn a deteriorating stretch of Victorian houses into a bed and breakfast to be run by the Red Lion Inn of nearby Stockbridge.

City planners, trying to replicate the success of suburban shopping malls, in 1979 turned a mile-long stretch of State into its own kind of mall, closing the street to traffic, except for buses.

When the Friends of the High Line first banded together six years ago, their idea - to turn a stretch of rusting rail into an oasis floating above the bustle of Chelsea - seemed quixotic at best.

He also wouldn't deny or begrudge the ballsy colonel the right to claim the heads of the Sikhs who had turned a quiet stretch of morning-rush-hour traffic into their personal highway of slaughter.

The Government of Mozambique has given the go-ahead for an eccentric American millionaire to try to realize his dream: turning a stretch of unspoiled Mozambican coastline into a huge game reserve.