Word: grassed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wild boy from the West at once stirred the mischievous instincts of the conventional little undergraduate village. He wore his hair in long curls floating over his shoulders. Upon his secure hour his comrades stole, poured molasses on his ringlets, treated them to a sandblast. So the long prairie grass had to know the barber's shear. Connelly could do nothing against numbers, but he was as punctilious on a point of honor as any Southern student of the time...
...wool that is woven into pallia for Papal bestowal on Cardinals, Patriarchs and Archbishops.* On the feast of St. Agnes last week, two of the most docile of the lambs of St. Agnes were carefully washed with finest soap, garlanded with flowers, trussed together with ribbons, laid in a grass-lined basket, carried to the Vatican...
...Murphy's form is far superior to that of the veteran," commented the diminutive mentor of Harvard's squash and tennis teams, "and he has concentrated on the hardwood court game throughout his career, while Hunter is known chiefly for his ability on grass courts. I shouldn't be much surprised to see Murphy wear the next indoor crown...
...ride there, hunting foxes instead of stags. They have formed an organization, Southern Grasslands Hunt & Racing Foundation. They plan to raise $3,000,000. Memberships are $10,000 each. In Sumner County, Tennessee, they have bought about 15,000 acres (23 sq. mi.) of land to gallop over-rolling grass country, dotted with farms. They plan an endowment for the land's upkeep in perpetuity. It is the biggest tract made safe for private chasing since King William had his idea about the woods in Hampshire. Workmen are pulling down wire fences, putting up rails, stone. Some...
Further plans: to hold the kind of races that were held in Andrew Jackson's time, when gentlemen rode against each other on grass courses, watched by their friends, with the public, bookies, professional riders not invited...