Word: grass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...though they played on the same field. The Mets were owned by a miserly old richman, the Earl of Grant. This thrifty owner, known as Don to his friends, paid his players too little and acted selfish about his fields. He would never let the Jets play on his grass while the Mets were still playing. The scribes did not like selfish people, and they began to call the Earl bad names...
...through-ten nastiness scale, this one ranked up around nine, somewhere in the vicinity of miserable. Playing on a sea of grass known as the Business School soccer field, Harvard battled a cold, driving rain and a tough University of Rhode Island squad yesterday, coming up with only a 0-0 tie to show for its 110-minute effort...
...combination of a Karsh, gusting wind blowing diagonally across the field, a bone-chilling downpour, and a grass playing surface that seemed almost to be drenched in oil set the stage for a game that would see countless slips, slides and wildly spinning balls...
...flung lobbyists were well-briefed and coordinated. Preparations began just after the House turned down deregulation and passed the Carter energy bill before the summer recess. Recalled Carl Suchocki of the Natural Gas Supply Committee: "Word went out: we have to get out to the grass roots, and we have one month to do it." Added Foster: "Few of our people went to the beach in August. They stayed at their desks through the smog and the heat...
...courtyard will also include a brick-terraced sun-deck area for outdoor dining and a new landscape of shrubs, flower beds and triangular areas of grass. Last year the Dunster courtyard was almost totally devoid of grass until two weeks preceding commencement...