Word: turfing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...outlook in the Ivy League is uncertain. Penn and Cornell are rated co-favorites, with Harvard challenging, but the Crimson have a number of advantages. They play both the Quakers and the Big Red at home this year instead of on unfamiliar astro-turf or under the lights. The home advantage also brings with it a friendly crowd, which has an unmeasurable effect...
Courtship. It was more important to court Richard Daley, whose support is crucial for winning the pivotal state of Illinois. As with Johnson, McGovern agreed to meet the Chicago mayor on his own turf, and the candidate was forced to eat a certain amount of crow. He stated publicly that he would work with the Daley organization and not against it-a stance that may hurt him with the independents who are trying to topple the machine...
Opium production is outlawed in Burma, but Lo has what the State Department describes as "a contract" with the Burmese government: he keeps his turf clear of Communist insurgents, and the government allows him to deal in opium as he pleases. Lo has had no trouble in keeping up his end of the deal. He maintains a private army of some 5,000 local tribesmen and deserters from Chiang Kai-shek's old Kuomintang 93rd Independent Division...
...present, Xerox and IBM are only in the early rounds of the battle, but it is already proving costly. Each has been forced into an expensive invasion of the other's special turf. In order to acquire the necessary technology to produce an eventual hybrid system, Xerox has had to go into the computer business, and IBM has had to produce photocopiers. IBM has been the more successful, though neither has done especially well...
...citing sheer need. Always sensitive to outside slights and attacks, Jews are now more vehement in their own defense. As White House Aide Pat Buchanan rather bluntly put it: "The Jews have started to react to social engineering the way other ethnics have. They're protective of their turf...