Word: turfing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 1969, half-a-billion people watched him on TV. This weekend, when 22 athletes step onto the turf of a West German soccer field in the quadrennial battle for the World Cup, an estimated 600 million people will be looking on. The difference in statistics is not altogether surprising. With the possible exception of the Olympics, there is no event that so intensely commands the attention of the world...
...public against dangerous merchandise with surprising vigor and independence. The CPSC has just raised loud protests from traditionalists by banning all firecrackers beginning next week - thus muting the Fourth of July. The commission is now scrimmaging with the management of the National Football League over whether to bar artificial turf in stadiums; falling on plastic turf, players complain, causes injuries far more severe than those resulting from being tackled on grass...
Once in the unfamiliar setting of Los Angeles, the S.L.A.-so coolly professional on their own turf-began to make amateurish errors. The day before the Shootout, a couple believed to be William and Emily Harris, both suspected S.L.A. members, bought $31.50 worth of heavy outdoor clothing at a sporting-goods store. As they left, a clerk noticed that the man had stuffed a pair of 490 socks up his sleeve. He followed the pilferer outside, where the two began to struggle. Suddenly, a woman sitting in a Volkswagen van across the street sprayed the store with machine-gun fire...
...varsity and freshman lacrosse teams finished off their seasons with a flourish Saturday, each by whipping Dartmouth on home turf...
...squad to look out for is Harvard's churning mile relay team. The ace baton club has been clicking off times in the vicinity of 3:16, and on Penn's tartan turf, Sam Butler, Nick Leone, Joel Peters, and Steve Brown will probably crash the 3:15 barrier. If so, Leone should be snapping the tape at the relay's finish line...