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Stretching toward sunset from the Missouri, South Dakota's West River country is an unrelieved expanse of rough-hewn plains and arid badlands. Under the tough sod lie prairie-dog towns and nuclear missile silos. Above ground, a handful of ranchers raise sheep and cattle on the stingy rangeland. Mostly, natives say, there are miles and miles of miles and miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In South Dakota: Buffalo Burgers at Wall Drug | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

While some of the B&G work is annual maintenance, the reunions and Commencement act as a "big push" behind the $100.000 spent on sod and seeding for the grass in the Yard. Bernard K. Keohon. B&G supervisor of Grounds, said this week, adding that the University had to pay $2500 for new shrubs in the Yard, new wood stakes and "costly wire" to protect the grass in the Yard...

Author: By Kelly S. Goode, | Title: 17,000 Bedsheets and 18,000 Towels | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

...Henry Faber, the Nazi spy in Follett's Eye of the Needle, Alex proves to be a demmed elusive character. With typical guile, he manages to extract the precise details of every Allied position and plan from the briefcase of an alcoholic British headquarters officer while the silly sod makes love to a kinky belly dancer named Sonja. While Sonja wriggles, Alex scribbles, relaying this trove of vital and invaluable information to Rommel from a houseboat on the Nile, using a wireless code based on Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nile Wiles | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

Jackson said he expects the extension to be completed by May 1, giving the sod beneath the terrace time to get firm...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Commencement | 4/18/1980 | See Source »

...forecast sounds, the Crimson probably won't grace the grand old sod of Soldiers Field until after their spring trip to Florida. And that means after they face Penn next Friday) and Columbia--a twinbill the following day) in Eastern League contests next week. That's not how Nahigian would have liked it, but that's March...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Marching in Place | 3/19/1980 | See Source »

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