Word: grassed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...simple game, a lot like miniature golf, only it's played on real grass, with a bigger, less rubbery ball and a clunky wooden mallet instead of a slim metal club. And with wickets and stakes instead of holes. And all-natural obstacles--no electronic windmills with flashing lights...
...course covered the area of a tennis court, maybe a little more. We pushed our balls past trees and rocks, over grass of different textures, in and out of wickets toward our final goal a makeshift stake, a rock somebody found on the ground. It was a race to reach the stake, but as soon as someone reached the final goal, we changed the rules. The game became Killer Croquet. If you hit the stake first, you were poison, and your goal was to knock out every other player permanently Hitting another ball meant death for your opponent. Hitting...
...level. Well, that's not the kind of thing they tend to concentrate on in the Actor's Studio and the Neighbor-hood Playhouse [representative American acting schools]. But that's very valid way of working, too; and the Englishmen are fascinated by that. They love American actors. The grass is always greener, I guess...
Young says that if the city seeded the parks before the start of winter, the extra grass would improve drainage and prevent mud formation in the spring. The grass would also be less likely to be torn out, said Young, pointing to clumps of grass ripped out by an ongoing game of soccer...
Double duty for teachers and administrators is one way of making do. At Eisenhower Junior High in Darien, Illinois -- which is going through its sixth year of shrinking budgets -- the principal, Joseph Pedersen, has been known to cut the grass and replace the tile floor in the gym. He also covers one of the three cafeteria periods every day and does occasional service as a substitute teacher. On weekends he writes grant proposals, attempting to get state and private funds for programs he cannot otherwise afford. For good measure, he coaches the wrestling team from mid-November through...