Word: turfing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...President's rut reflects a gathering dysfunction in his Administration. The White House seems paralyzed, unable to stanch the political, diplomatic and actual bleeding over Iraq. There are turf wars everywhere. The CIA is at war with the White House; the Pentagon is at war with the State Department and the National Security Council (NSC); some elements of the uniformed military are furious with the civilian leadership of the Pentagon, partly for launching the attack against Iraq in the first place without enough allied support. The fault lines are largely between moderate diplomatic and military traditionalists and more aggressive neoconservatives...
...outstripped the Yankees in almost every category during the regular season. In their first post-season series, they faced a two-game deficit and smacked down their Bay-area competitors on California turf to win the decisive fifth game. Then, in the first game of the American League Championship Series, they clobbered three home runs past the Yankees’ impotent attempt at defense, issuing a painful body slam to inflated Yankee egos everywhere. The Yankees did manage to fight back last night at home, in their palatial Bronx nest. But, with troopers such as Johnny Damon, who will continue...
Harvard scored its goal 7:46 into the game, when senior Mina Pell, as is her custom, watered the turf at her feet with her gatorade bottle prior to her penalty corner, and subsequently rocketed a pass to senior Jen Ahn, who calmly served it up to Maasdorp for the strike past Northeastern net minder Diana Nelson...
...tell you 10 different ways to pick yourself off the turf, readjust your shoulder pads, pluck grass from your facemask, and say into the huddle, “Heyyya guys I’m stardin ta get dizzy so maybe ya shud start blockin, OK? Prety pleas...
...Huskies in this match, Harvard will have to work hard to come away with a win. The Crimson will have to display a large amount of tenacity on both sides of the field, as UConn will bring the Big East Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week onto the turf of the Sherman Family Sports Complex...