Word: grassed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...finished the massive black and white panels that have transformed the copper dome of the new city hall into a giant soccer ball. Near Detroit, agronomists from Michigan State University have covered the synthetic turf in the Pontiac Silverdome with 1,850 hexagonal chunks of specially grown, soccer-friendly grass. In Palo Alto, California, workers are nearly finished giving Stanford University's venerable stadium a $5 million face-lift...
...Divinity School is out of control over here," Potter said. The school's actions are "dictated by the needs of grass as opposed to the needs of the community...
...group did not, however, have a coherentnational agenda. Between the grand goalsarticulated in the Port Huron Statement and thefrustrating reality of grass-roots organizing forERAP projects lay a gap that was a source ofconstant debate...
Souvenirs: For the first time, a World Cup game will be played indoors. But grass will be placed over the artificial turf of Detroit's Silverdome. Organizers hope not-so-soccer-mad Americans will want to buy chunks of the grass at the end of the games...
...deposed President's followers called for the ouster of several U.S. embassy diplomats -- hardly auspicious for the partnership. Even if Aristide's return could be orchestrated smoothly, he would encounter a far different situation than existed when he was chased from power in 1991. The democratic institutions and grass-roots organizations that helped him secure the presidency have been dismantled, their leaders forced into hiding by promilitary gunmen who operate under the name of the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti (FRAPH). The front's forces are unlikely to surrender, and can be expected to threaten Aristide supporters...