Word: turfed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson leaves the grass of Cumnock Field for the Northeastern astroturf. To prepare for the turf game, Harvard practiced on the Boston College turf both yesterday and Monday...
Harvard also looks to win its first turf game of the season against...
...opportunity to win the game. On what would prove to be his final field goal attempt, sophomore Nathan Dean snapped the ball too high. The holder, senior Jared Chupaila, was forced to reach out for the ball, and then quickly place it down upon the turf for Giampaolo to knock it through the uprights...
Whitman also has party problems. New Jersey is increasingly Democratic turf. Clinton carried it by 18 percentage points in 1996, and Democrat Robert Torricelli won last year's Senate race by 10 points. Whitman is also learning how perilous life is these days for moderate, pro-choice, pro-gay rights Republicans like herself. Only 67% of New Jersey Republicans rated her favorably in a recent poll. Her veto of a partial-birth-abortion ban alienated many conservatives in this highly Roman Catholic state. The Christian Coalition plans to distribute 1 million election guides reminding voters of her stance. The beneficiary...
...protect its turf, Toys "R" Us threatened its suppliers: toys sold to the discount clubs would not be sold at its stores. Exhibit A: Barbie, a hot seller that Toys "R" Us did not want available elsewhere at next to nothing. Manufacturers don't like the clubs either, because they stock a limited number of items at very low margins. Toys "R" Us, on the other hand, might stock everything Mattel makes. Admits Costco CEO James Sinegal: "You could fill Madison Square Garden with the people who don't want to sell to us." Industry watchers...