Word: grasses
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...Charles Steinberg, Executive Vice President for Public Affairs for the Red Sox, said that the change was a result of a need to re-sod the infield grass. Following the winter, two-thirds of the infield grass was dead and had to be artificially enhanced for Opening Day. The scheduled days of the Beanpot, April 20 and 21, fall during a Red Sox away series. According to Steinberg, this is the only time when the field can be re-sodded...
...will ask them to vote on his plan next month. He hopes to ratchet up pressure on right-wing members of the Knesset, who oppose any abandonment of settlements in the occupied territories, to go along with the plan to withdraw from Gaza, which enjoys the support of most grass-roots Likud members and a majority of Israeli voters. Sharon aims to bypass his political opponents by appealing to a broader constituency. "I advise you to take me seriously," he told an interviewer last week. "I have the power to do this...
...turned into plasma by an electrical charge) can sometimes experience "burn-in," when an image, such as a station identifier, leaves an imprint on the screen. The images on LCD (liquid-crystal display) and plasma screens, while usually bright and clear, may not have the best color contrast. Green grass against a blue sky, Catapano says, may look better on a top-quality conventional...
...Phillips, the dialogue groups are about much more than good conversation. "It's grass-roots democracy," he says. "It's only in a group setting that people can hash out their ideas about how we should act not just as an individual but as a society." To avoid divisive dead-end arguments, the cafes frequently turn current events into broader philosophical questions. For example, rather than asking whether the U.S. and its allies should have invaded Iraq, a group asked, "What is a just war?" Instead of arguing about whether gay couples should marry, another cafe asked, "What...
Students converged on Lamont in order to complete a surreptitious survey designed by a Harvard College Library (HCL) steering committee to assess the impact of moving Gov Docs. Many of the students who filled out the survey had been informed of its existence through a grass-roots campaign carried out via e-mail lists and word-of-mouth. HCL itself did little to publicize the survey. The survey’s low profile, along with its unfortunate timing—after most thesis research has been completed and before most students have begun term papers—suggests an effort...