Word: turfing
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...Administration that treads on this turf needs to make - and remake - its case. There is nothing wrong with trying to make the world a better place, ameliorate suffering or overthrow tyranny. But if you are going to spend American blood and treasure to do all that in places that do not appear to pose a direct threat to the U.S., you had better be prepared to explain what you are doing and why. Successive Administrations during the Vietnam War were unable to do that. So, for the most part, were Albright and Clinton. Unless George W. Bush is extremely lucky...
When Angela Ramsay and Henk Tjalsma decided to get married, they had to make a Solomonic choice. She's British and he's Dutch, so a wedding on either's home turf would have meant an overseas trip for the other's family. So they opted for Tuscany, inviting only their closest relatives. "We'd been on holiday there and just fell in love with it," says Ramsay. Some Internet research led the couple to settle on a ceremony in the town of Certaldo, and to entrust the planning to WeddingItaly by Punto di Fuga, an Udine-based company that...
...kind of effective irrelevancy. Valuable opportunities for socializing expand, and intellectually-interesting experimentation with radical queerness grows, yet the space at Harvard College for LGBT students and supporters to participate in non-radical political activism seems to be shrinking. We engage in petty internecine turf wars while real battles rage in the world beyond the gates, beyond the protection of a largely-liberal environment and generous non-discrimination regulations. Our rights ride on the outcome of these battles. Our help, or our inaction, could help to turn the tide...
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., publisher of the New York Times, had two visions for the most prestigious newspaper in America when he took over in 1992. He wanted it to be bigger as a media outlet, more national and more aggressive, competing with papers across the country on their turf. He wanted it to be happier as a workplace, more humane and more democratic...
...Democrats have to fight on the Republicans' turf. It's time to get down and dirty, tell the truth and not worry about the backlash. Truth and a get-tough strategy have a chance. Business as usual would be another disaster. REGINA AVRAHAM New York City...