Word: grassed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Says he: "There's no security anymore. Partnerships fold up overnight. Besides, I never had a rat- race mentality, and being a lawyer is the ultimate rat-race job. I like to travel. My car is paid for. I don't own a house. I'm not into mowing grass...
...course, that's assuming the weather cooperates, the snows clear, and the players get to see the beautiful green grass of Ohiri Field...
...magic withers (good field, no dreams), done in by domes, fake-o-turf, salary stats and the fact that TV's three-man, pitcher-batter-catcher game misses most of the point. Tube ball ignores what beguiles the wide-angled human eye at a real ball park: the splendid grass and the huge, contained space; the centerfielder's arrogant slouch as he taunts the batter by playing in too far; the way the shortstop leans forward when he knows the next guy is dangerous; the cocky way (unseen by the camera, because TV slicksters are peddling razor blades) the teams...
This is what Stanford was trying to say when it sent out all those pictures of tanned students relaxing on the green grass. Hey! It doesn't snow in March here...
...many roving Democratic poobahs who have recently fanned out across the country in a barrage of talk shows and sound bites--revivalists urging their congregations to listen to Clinton and be saved. These messengers of goodwill have been sent out to make nice with the locals and drum up grass-roots support that will convince mean old nasty Congress to pass Clinton's economic plan. This may be the first administration that has home and away games...