Word: turfing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Meeting organizer John Pitkin told the crowd that the “increasingly urgent need” to stop Harvard’s growth mandated the rare assembly of the neighborhoods—each of which has been fighting Harvard’s building projects on their own turf...
...have great athletes, four years of experience of turf and a great schedule, so we’ve put ourselves in the position to be ready for this,” said Caples of Harvard’s national competitiveness...
...backfield as well. But since Harvard surprised the Quakers in last year’s historic contest by pounding them with the run, don’t be surprised if the guy who cut his teeth on the JV squad ends up cutting a rug on the Franklin Field turf in the biggest game of the year...
...leads are falling through the cracks." Germany's fractured security system dates back to the aftermath of World War II, when law enforcement was broken down into isolated agencies to prevent the emergence of another Gestapo. Today, six different federal agencies have their own tiny slivers of homeland security turf, while each of Germany's 16 states has its own local intelligence-gathering and enforcement organizations. The agencies are further divided by the extent of their remits - the BKA, for example, can't initiate investigations but can continue those started by others; the Federal Office for the Protection...
...close of his 21st reception, Morris sustained a blow to the head and slumped to the turf unconscious. After two minues lying on his back, Morris jogged off the field with a mild concussion and did not return. Seven minutes remained in the game...