Word: turf
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's treacherous turf, rocking and acting. From Elvis to Sting, one medium seems to undercut the other. But if they can be reconciled, then Roland Gift has the cool to bring it off. One wants to retain a little mystery as a . performer and steer clear of typecasting, especially along color lines. In fact, his father was black and his mother white, but further details of the family history are dear. The middle child in a family of five, Gift, 28, grew up in Hull, a small port city in the industrial north. "My father died when...
Cavazos' problems have prompted speculation that he may soon be replaced. That seems improbable. As the Cabinet's sole Hispanic, Cavazos represents a minority group that Bush is eager to court politically. The Secretary, moreover, is anything but shy when it comes to protecting his turf. When John Chubb, an education expert from the Brookings Institution, made it known that he was in line for a White House post that would allow him to serve as a "counterpoint to the Education Department," Cavazos persuaded White House chief of staff John Sununu to quash the appointment. The country would be better...
Championship games are usually followed by scenes of celebration and dejection. Members of the winning team pile on each other. Members of the losing team crumple into balls of misery or lay on the turf like they have just had a close encounter with a Mack truck...
...would have blamed the Crimson, at game's end, for falling flat onto the turf, for crying? The biggest game of the year had just ended in cruel disappointment. Let it all hang...
...other first-round action, fifth-seeded Temple (14-3) took advantage of its home turf to blast higher-seeded Lafayette, 11-5, Saturday in Philadelphia and earn the opportunity to face top-seeded Penn State in the semis. The Nittany Lions also received a first-round...