Word: turf
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite yesterday's rain, Jordan's synthetic turf is still bright green, and the white lines that lay on top of the turf are still clean and fresh...
...great field," said sophomore back Hilary Walton. "The play is faster and more intense on turf, and both practices and games have been more...
...Crimson played grass-style hockey in the first, over-emphasizing dribbling and two-touch passes in the midfield. In the second, Harvard accentuated the one-touch and opened up the field, taking advantage of its speed and size on the turf...
...there, which is one reason he went to see Redstone in his Broadway offices in early August. "The fact that he had me come over to his office means he didn't think any deal was going to happen," says Karmazin, noting that real negotiations take place on neutral turf. But after getting reacquainted with Redstone and discussing a swap of some stations, Karmazin says he began to realize that a bigger deal might be possible...
Certainly there are other potential pitfalls for this deal, including considerable regulatory hurdles. Under current law, one company can't own two networks. That might cause Viacom to divest its half-share of the struggling UPN. Turf battles will arise between the bosses who head the various jewels in the Viacom empire, as well as in areas in which there are duplicate functions--the new company has three syndication arms, as well as three prime-time television-show suppliers...