Word: grass
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...stop using Styrofoam lunch trays. “It’s good to have a healthy environment and not have snow in April,” she said. At 1 p.m., a clean-up kicked off in Winthrop Park, with volunteers picking up trash, sweeping sidewalks, and raking grass. “It’s definitely a success,” said Harvard Square Business Association Executive Director Denise A. Jillson as she took a break from raking the grass. “I could certainly see this becoming an annual event.” Aside from tourists...
...store with walls covered in grass, it’s not a surprise that JP Licks is also attempting to be eco-conscious, recycling its ice cream containers and making a push for travel mugs rather than disposable paper cups. Since last fall, customers who buy a coffee refill with the travel mug—which costs $2.99 from the store—is charged the price of a small coffee despite the mug’s medium size...
...eroding. If any of Allendale's 38 employees leaves, there will be no replacement. Jackson's dreams of a new police station are dashed. Now, he fears many of the remaining residents will leave. The other day, he showed up in town with two employment applications to cut grass at a nearby nuclear power plant. "Loads of people came up to me grabbing applications," Jackson says. Still, he's hopeful some of the federal government's stimulus money will help Allendale launch new projects. "Morale, it's kind of down right now," he says, adding, "but hopefully, we can lift...
...kiss her.“I think we’ve found enough rocks for you.”“Thanks. Do you wanna sit down for a bit?”“OK.”We sat down on a flat patch of grass. She lied down and looked up at the sky. So I did too.“What are you going to miss most about here?”“I don’t know.”I looked over at Katie, and I could...
...party has a ways to go," laments Phyllis Schlafly, a veteran conservative activist and founder of the conservative Eagle Forum. Schlafly says she takes hope from the grass-roots "tea parties" being organized against massive government spending across the country. One event in Chicago last week even boasted of turning away GOP chairman Steele, with organizers declaring they'd prefer not to have any elected officials at center stage...