Word: turf
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...turf, however, he has performed adroitly. Like any other labor leader, his first job is to get more money and benefits for his men, and that he has done. Wage scales for the construction unions in New York City are among the highest in the country, scandalously so in the opinion of many. Starting as a painter at Macy's department store, Brennan served aboard submarines in the Pacific during World War II, then returned to New York to rise in union influence, volunteering for any assignment that came along. When he was elected president of the construction trades...
...addition to the injury situation and the team's unfamiliarity on synthetic turf. Harvard suffers the added problems of playing the match before traditionally rabid Cornell fans and in the subfreezing conditions which are likely to prevail at game time on arctic Ithaca today...
Besides the aforementioned LaClvita, Scott, and Fearnett, the team is relatively healthy. Felix Adedeji, however continues to be bothered by back problems, and had difficulty practicing on the hard synthetic turf at B U on Wednesday and Thursday. Although Harvard has been trying to get acclimated as best it can to playing on an artificial surface such as Cornell's Shoelkopt Field the team was unable to get practice time on a similar polyturf field at Boston College...
This Yale team, which has lost only on artificial grass, does prefer natural turf. "Our kids feel more secure on it" the Eli coach said...
Yale's second string quarterback, Roly Purrington, summed up the team's attitude towards Crosse. "I don't think there's anybody here who look Bric Crone is Yale's nemesis." Purrington does get excited about the thought of beating Harvard on its own turf, however. As a sophomore, Purrington come in late in the game and drove the Elis to the Harvard 20 before overthrowing a fourth down pass in the final minute, setting the stage for Eric Crone's infamous dash into his own endsone on the last play of the game. Purrington, who wears Brian Dowling...