Word: turf
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fernandes got the ball, his next stop was the turf...
...rational citizen would insist on the unfettered right to own large-caliber assault weapons is beyond me. They may look pretty over the fireplace, but other than that, I don't see much practical use for them, unless you happen to be a drug dealer defending your turf or a psychotic, disgruntled employee who's decided that the moment of purification is at hand. The entire rationale behind the movement seems to be, "We need guns so we can defend ourselves when the federal government comes to take away our guns...
...RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; restaurateur POLITICAL CAREER: Pine Bluff city attorney, 1968-70; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 8766, Pine Bluff 71611. Tel.: 501-536-1221 Dickey, who has won two narrow victories here, takes care not to attack favorite son Bill Clinton on his home turf. The exception to this rule is abortion: Dickey co-sponsored the bill to ban partial-birth abortions, which Clinton vetoed. On local issues, he agrees with Vincent Tolliver in supporting proposed Interstate 69, which would run from Indiana through Arkansas to Texas and be a path of economic growth...
...Dole's last-ditch campaign effort in California, the state's ballot initiative on marijuana, the latest rush of O.J. Simpson revelations and the retooling of the CBS sitcom Ink. Booth, who did standout reporting from Haiti and Cuba while heading TIME's Miami bureau, says of her new turf, "We have every story of the 21st century here, from Hollywood to high tech, from crime and the environment to immigration...
...animal kingdom, look no further than the higher male primate. Gorilla males coolly murder infants fathered by other males to free up nursing mothers for breeding; orangutans will resort to rape if their mating overtures are rebuffed; rival gangs of chimpanzees may wage bloody border wars to protect their turf or enlarge their harems. And the evolutionary big brother of all these creatures, the human male, has a rap sheet that's too long to contemplate...