Word: grassed
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...scenic" voyage to New Haven and the "unique" culture to be experienced at Yale were impossible opportunities to miss--the trip could be a voyage of self-discovery among the trees and the grass, underneath a clear blue and cool sky. What a perfect setting for meditation! The actual game was a catalyst for male bonding among the Harvard youths, an experience in mild exercise, which was not mandatory, but recommended as a complement to a rigorous academic program...
Nowhere is the vision problem more apparent than in Florida's conservative Panhandle. "I was surprised by the lack of interest of any kind in Dole among the grass-roots types who supported me," says first-term Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough. As in many other parts of the state, Dole has a secure grip on the party machinery, but that may not be enough. "The hard-core party people here support Dole," says Dr. Frank Biasco of Pensacola, a Republican state committeeman from Escambia County. "The ranking party officials are predominantly for Dole. But as far as I can tell...
FROM THE BEGINNING, THE WESTERN states have been creatures of federal subsidy--not only grass but minerals, timber and water as well. That federal oversight has fallen short of the ideal is evident in great carpets of sagebrush choking out the range grass, in clear-cut national forests and in mining ventures that threaten even such a national treasure as Yellowstone National Park. The fragile Western environment is degraded, and the public treasury receives virtually no revenue in return for the degradation. Public interest can be served only by improving the federal stewardship of what belongs to all Americans. ROBERT...
Granted, the conditions were not suited to corners--the grass field was choppy and hard, and the referees were especially picky on Shumway when she stopped the ball, saying that she used her hands instead of her stick. But Dartmouth did not have the same problems on its 10 corners...
...team penalties and league fines don't send a clear enough message to players, then maybe high school drug tests and jail time will. Even though the institution of sports may no longer be sacred, the idea still is. The grass is still green, the track still fast. Let's hope that the scales of justice can restore balance to the playing field and make everything level again...