Word: turfing
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...Some scouts wonder if Matsui can adapt to the tricky hops and nuances of the natural grass infields in the U.S. In Japan's Pacific League, where he plays, every ballpark but one has artificial turf. "American grass looks really high," says Matsui...
...huge lobbying effort, including face-to-face meetings with President Jacques Chirac. Paris has now made a counter-offer that gives both men immunity; the Los Angeles prosecutor's office will decide this week whether to take the money - or start a spectacular trial of France Inc. on hostile turf. - By Peter Gumbel We Take Foreign Currency U.S. federal prosecutors charged 47 traders with fraud following an 18-month probe into the $1.2 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market. Authorities uncovered schemes allegedly bilking small investors and Wall Street banks out of millions of dollars...
...when they didn’t, when Dartmouth rolled into Harvard Stadium and upset the then-undefeated Crimson on its own turf, Balestracci was there to right the course...
...most certainly, it didn’t—the historic 120th edition of The Game would have had the potential to be the finale of Harvard’s legendary 2001 season all over again, right there on the Bulldogs’ (6-3, 4-2 Ivy) home turf. The Crimson (6-3, 3-3) would have gotten the highly-anticipated, championship-determining send-off in New Haven that so many had initially projected this year’s Game...
...team. Harvard’s vast physical holdings will no doubt extend one day to the grotto where Yale now lurks. But until then we can only rely on our stellar football team to give Handsome Dan a thorough whipping where it hurts most—on his home turf...