Word: turfing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lions, 14-1-1 on the season and fresh from a 5-1 gutting of Rhode Island in the regional final, had entertained such championship hopes upon taking the turf at near-empty (two day attendance: 8500) Tampa Stadium Saturday...
THAT LITTLE TRYST on the turf is as far as Norman gets with Annie, or any of the women for that matter; and at the end of the play, as all three turn their backs on him, all he can do is scream in frustration, "I only wanted to make you happy...
...they flitted about the family feet. So, too, did First Grandchild Peter Phillips, 2, who distracted Mother Anne, 29, Uncles Charles, 31, Andrew, 19, and Edward, 15, and his grandmother with a lively game of Ring-a-ring of roses in which Master Peter dropped delightedly to the turf when he came to the line "A-tishoo! A-tishoo! All fall down...
...changed from low foothill country of Colorado. Watered hillocks gave way to the terrifying, barren and twisted land that sees less than seven inches of rain a year. The road, no longer flanked by fences and farms, cannot remain a symbol of man's secure hold on his own turf. It seems instead an imposition, almost an irrelevance. As I passed the turnoff to Salt Lake other motorists evaporated. I was left all alone on a superhighway, seeing five cars in half an hour...
...addition to a triumph for the team he led, The Game was a triumph for the offensive line, where Brown and his hefty mates ground the much-vaulted Yale defense into the turf. The running game, especially on the 76-yd. touchdown march that opened the contest, proved to be Harvard's not-so-secret weapon...