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...great charm of Greetings from Bury Park lies in the everyday details of Manzoor's coming of age in a home that will never be home for his mum and dad. His mother, when he was young, cut the grass with a pair of scissors, while his brother slept on a hospital trolley bed, and the others all slept on the floor. His father got up at 7 a.m. and dressed for work even after he had been laid off by the local Vauxhall car plant. As for Saf, we meet him wearing pajamas under his trousers so he doesn...
...Americans used to target golf on manicured greens, this links-style course is a different sport--more blustery St. Andrews than pristine Augusta. It's also a superintendent's dream: tough fescue grass makes up 94% of this Pacific Northwest terrain, requiring half the water and half the work of traditional courses. "I can't get over how few pesticides and fertilizers we need," says David Wienecke, Chambers Bay course superintendent. "We have the same standard of quality for 30% to 40% less cost...
...After members of the Black Men’s Forum (BMF) and the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) were approached and questioned by police last month during a day of recreation on the Quad grass, BMF President Bryan C. Barnhill Jr. ’08 decided to organize a solidarity display to confront the incident’s racial implications...
...will take time for the culture to change around this concept. [The Center] has been showing signs of success and people, so it’s really about getting the word out there at a grass roots level and having students change their perception of the Quad in general,” he says...
...bitter for deeply superstitious farmers. A member of parliament watching the recalcitrant cows said he thought it was the most pathetic display of bovine appetite in more than a decade. (Making the sting more painful: royal cows at a similar ceremony in neighboring Thailand a few days later ate grass, corn and rice with gusto...