Word: turfing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...denounced the MCA offer to shareholders as "not being representative of the inherent worth of your company." Coke-L.A., they pointed out, is about to wrap up a deal of its own to acquire Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Mid-America. That would extend CCLA's marketing turf from Hawaii and the West Coast eastward. Both companies, like about 500 other Coke bottlers, are independent of the monster Coca-Cola Co. of Atlanta, which supplies bottlers for a fee with Coke syrup and rights to the trademark. The bottlers do not have to confine themselves to Coke: CCLA...
Other than this costly error, the Crimson defense over powered the Terrier attack. Freshmen backs Michael Smith and Steve Yakopec dominated the middle of the Astro-Turf field. Smith, a hard-nosed Englishman, consistently and brilliantly out-leaped his foes, directing the all-important head balls to his teammates. Yakopec also demonstrated excellence at his midfield position with his tackles and head balls...
Offensively, the Crimson had trouble penetrating the B.U. zone. The water-soaked Astro-Turf caused well-kicked balls to skip like stones on a lake, making ball control difficult to say the least. The Crimson did manage seven shots in the first half, versus nine for the Terriers...
...that point, Crimson left fullback John Sanacore came out of nowhere to attempt a sliding tackle on a semi-breakaway by a URI forward. Sanacore just tipped the ball, and sent it spinning toward the corner of the goal, with net-minder Herold sprawled helplessly on the slippery turf after trying to switch directions...
...offense, well, it's tough to expect much on a day better suited for scuba diving. Freshman Walter Diaz turned in another marvelous performance for Harvard, but constantly found himself thwarted by either a timely URI foul just as he was about to break a play, the turf, or a Ram defense that was in a word, stingy...