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Word: turfing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crowded street bazaars. The film captures well the contrast between the eternal mysterious Egyptian land, and the seemy, passionate turmoil of the cruisers, who float majestically down the Nile while plotting their little intrigues. Director of photography Jack Cardiff also filmed "Caesar and Cleopatra" and he really knows the turf...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Christie on the Nile | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

This lack of communication between the groups is an indication of the uncertainty among members of both groups as to how CHUL and the assembly will interact. CHUL is protecting its turf; the Student Assembly is trying to win some power of its own. Everybody's a little nervous...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Speaking for Students | 10/18/1978 | See Source »

...learn about her city's 1.3 million Puerto Ricans, New York Correspondent Mary Cronin roamed from the South Bronx to that hallowed immigrant turf, the Lower East Side. Says she: "All the people were warm and brave, full of a joy of life, full of poetry, determined to hold on to their own rich culture in spite of incredible obstacles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 16, 1978 | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

Bosnic trotted on and clipped the ball off the turf as neatly as if it were a dandelion head for a 43-yard field goal. Bosnic's boot gave Harvard a 17-7 lead at the half and proved to be the winning margin in the game...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Crimson Gridders Paste Colgate, 24-21 | 10/10/1978 | See Source »

...promising omen is that Kansas City will open the series with the survivor of the Yankees-Red Sox slugout at Royals Stadium, where they have won 55 games and lost only 24. The field is richly carpeted with Tartan Turf. On this artificial greensward, ground balls that would be easy outs elsewhere rocket past chagrined infielders. The Royals play their rug like so many home-town pool sharks fleecing visiting marks from the big city. Says Designated Hitter Hal McRae: "In this park, we don't drop a big bomb on people, we just run them all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Can Nice Guys Finish First? | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

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