Word: turfing
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...danger zones are also expanding. Attacks have been spreading beyond the Sunni triangle, the perilous swath stretching north and west from Baghdad that is the home turf of Saddam's supporters. Two weeks ago, the normally tranquil city of Kirkuk experienced a run of resistance fighters' nightly raids aimed at U.S. patrols and the local police who support them. U.S. and Iraqi officials fear that guerrillas from the triangle are trying to open a new front up north. Last week's violence in the Shi'ite stronghold of Baghdad's Sadr City, led by the rabble-rousing cleric Muqtada...
...grass can only [be used] so much before it turns to mud,” he said. “With turf and lights, more activities could be done there more of the time...
Scalise also listed putting turf and lights in the stadium as ways to extend the use of the football field well into the year and possibly open it up for use by other teams and recreational purposes...
Administrators are currently considering a plan to put a seasonal dome over Harvard Stadium and also add turf, stadium lights and locker rooms within the walls of the stadium’s “horseshoe,” the area beneath the bleachers...
...Washington, the Crimson’s two boats stopped to race IRA champion Wisconsin on its home turf, defeated the Badgers as it had in Eastern Sprints and silenced any talk of IRA superiority. Harvard then went on to beat the Huskies and seal the title, with the Crimson junior varsity boat setting a Washington course record, only to watch it broken 20 minutes later by the varsity crew...