Word: turfed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little disappointing for our season to end this way," tri-captain Katie Schoolwerth said. "We played these games on grass, which is so different from the turf we usually play on, and it's just unrepresentative of the skills we have. This field was in really bad condition, it was bumpy and there wasn't much room to play a passing game...
...tournament will be played on grass instead of artificial turf, on which Harvard plays the majority of its games...
...publicity turf war aside, the "buzz" about this production has been largely positive, namely because the cast and crew have tried to steer clear of any sort of pointed commentary. This is a story about one of the most important figures in the Christian tradition, but it's just that--a story (and a great one, no less). The curtain is not going up tonight on a group of dancing, singing Biblical scholars or cultural critics but a group of zealous students ready to have a kick-ass-and-take-numbers good time...
...interested in getting into," says George Bicher, bank analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown (speaking of mergers). As a practical matter, Bicher notes, Glass-Steagall lost its teeth long ago. Exploiting loopholes and a remarkably tolerant Fed, banks and insurers and brokerages have been invading one another's turf for two decades. Still, some new combinations are inevitable. Says David Stumpf, senior bank analyst at A.G. Edwards: "We will see some consolidation among banks and insurance companies, with banks doing the buying...
...debate over the use of artificial turf in athletic stadiums and its role in player injuries is one of long standing [SPORT, Oct. 4]. As a researcher of football-injury risk factors, I believe scientific studies of artificial turf have been inconclusive, because natural grass has been treated as a single entity. The hardness, density and traction of natural grass vary significantly from field to field. Since natural grass changes with the weather, it is very difficult to compare it to artificial turf. The relative injury risk for artificial turf vs. natural grass will be understood only when researchers...