Word: astroturfed
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...earnest in 1970, when he opened a new office building in the Wall Street area. From a distance it looks like the other towers all around it-humdrum-but it has its surprises. On the roof stands a replica of a World War I Sopwith Camel, complete with an AstroTurf runway and a wind sock. Says Kaufman: "It's something for the workers in surrounding towers to look...
...Pennsylvania game will be Harvard's first on astroturf and under lights. If the Crimson has trouble with high bounces off the artificial surface, Pennsylvania could win an upset...
Still suffering from the epidemic of injuries that broke out on the Astroturf of Franklin Field last Friday night, the Harvard soccer team meets Princeton today at 10:30 a.m. at the Business School Field. And even though the Tigers are mired in the second division of the Ivy League, their hopes for an upset are far from unfounded...
Before the game Coach Bruce Munro said that playing on Astroturf at night gave Penn a one goal advantage at the outset. Astroturf played a much larger role in the game than Munro predicted, but Harvard's inability to adjust to the unfamiliar surface was a relatively minor consideration...
Aided by the fast bounces off of the Astroturf, Penn maintained a very fast pace of play, and Harvard's short passing game crumbled. While Penn Kept the ball on the ground and completely controlled the midfield, the Harvard backs were forced into long passes which were easily intercepted...