Word: turfing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...nuanced approach angered some Republicans in the administration and some outside advisers. Emphasizing Bush's greener conservation measures, they say, means playing on the turf of environmentalists. If the message is that America must face up to its energy shortage, then the White House shouldn't shrink from that. Democrats are going to paint the administration as extremists on the environment anyway, this arguments goes, so why not try to use the weight of their attack against them? Bring out quotes from Al Gore's Earth in the Balance, talk about Jimmy Carter and paint the Democrats as environmental absolutists...
...love the smell of Turf Builder in the morning. And lumpy men in plaid make me weak. Can I make a career out of my favorite things...
...Crimson men will be hard-pressed to stay close with the Tigers on their home turf, but Harvard did have a strong showing at Indoor Heps this year, placing fourth—just nine-points back of second-place Penn. Last year's eighth-place finish at Outdoor Heps was an aberration...
...that Pentagon sources had said the retraction, which followed within hours of CNN broadcasting news of Monday's directive, reportedly came after State Department and National Security Council officials "went ballistic" on hearing of the memo. In other words, it was the outcome of a traditional hawks vs. doves turf war over foreign policy...
...sells best to techie guys in the U.S. That doesn't surprise Calkins. "Most normal Americans are still afraid of machines," he says. "But the Japanese are far more comfortable letting robots into their homes." For her part, Fionne seems pretty relaxed about the hyperkinetic puppy scuttling about her turf - even when Gibson begins flashing his angry red eyes. While Calkins whips a remote control out of his trench coat and frantically fingers the buttons, trying to appease his irate robot, Fionne yawns, stretches out and settles down...