Word: turfing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...slippage probably began on the turf that the boomers seem to have owned for more than three decades: popular culture. Listened to the radio recently? Do you feel any different than your parents must have felt when they first stood aghast as you fell in love with the Beatles? Of course you do--if you're a boomer, you knew then that your musical taste was superior, and you know it today. What about the movies--weren't you watching The Graduate at the same age that these kids are drooling their brains away over Scream XXVI...
...message had little to do with the nine goals that it sailed past poor Catamount keeper Holly Colberg, but the artificial turf from which the fatal shots departed...
...little disappointing for our season to end this way," tri-captain Katie Schoolwerth said after the game. "We played these games on grass, which is so different from the turf we usually play on, and it's just unrepresentative of the skills we have...
...Overall, the season had to be somewhat of a disappointment for the Crimson. When a team consistently falls a little short in big games, it's a sign that it isn't an elite team--yet. But Harvard is close. Artificial turf was just the beginning...
Fineberg knows the Harvard turf better than anyone, and being a provost is considered good experience for a would-be president...