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Word: turfing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that when we recall Presidents abroad we think of Kennedy excelling on the haughty turf of Charles de Gaulle and standing like the Pied Piper among the ruddy-cheeked Irish children of Galway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Recalling the Kennedys | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...when John Spagnola wrestled Pat O'Brien's wing-and-a-prayer aerial from the hands of Harvard's Fred Cordova, the very sou! of Crimson football winced at the mortal wound. Cordova dropped to the turf in a heap, unable to move under the weight of the crushing frustration...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: The Game: Not Quite Enough Is Common Theme | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Earlier in the week, grounds personnel noticed burns in the turf around the 50-yard line. While replacing the area with sod, they discovered a wire leading into the ground and contacted University police, who called the bomb squad...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Pranksters Set Stadium Trap...Almost | 11/17/1978 | See Source »

YALE at PENN--The Elis have been doing a collective Roger Moret imitiation the last three weeks, and Penn hasn't lost an Ivy game on the Franklin Field turf in two years (does Harvard 20-8) mean anything to you?). But, geez, it wouldn't be any fun to see Yale out of the title picture come November 18. Yale 14, Penn...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Not a 'Dear John' Letter | 10/28/1978 | See Source »

When the glorious Crimson sent the defeated Dartmouth drunkards back to their tundra turf Saturday for the fifth consecutive year, they hoped that a notably poor prank, in the form of a parody of Cambridge's Only Breakfast Table Daily, would ease the pain of returning to unfulfilled sexual lustings and bottmoless kegs of Budweiser...

Author: By Michael E. Silver, | Title: Dartmouth Parody of Crimson Evokes Boredom, Fools None | 10/23/1978 | See Source »

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