Word: turfing
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That's because the French political class is woefully out of touch with the populace, says Bayrou, adding that this malaise has seen French voters turf out the incumbents in every parliamentary election of the last 25 years. He lists further symptoms. Extreme-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen reached the second round of the 2002 presidential elections and is running strong now too. Jacques Chirac, the outgoing President, found common ground with his Socialist opponents to promote the proposed European constitution, which was nevertheless voted down in a May 2005 referendum by a huge majority. Strikes and riots regularly...
...sleepy little New England company anymore," says Dunkin' Brands CEO Jon Luther, 63. Sure, they'll still have time to make the doughnuts for your morning commute, but Luther thinks the slightly musty chain is ready to take on the industry giants--Starbucks and McDonald's--on their turf. He started small, rolling out espresso drinks in 2003; they now account for 5% of sales. Next he plans to triple the number of U.S. stores, to 15,000, by 2020; expand the menu with pizza and flatbread sandwiches; and give the stores a much-needed makeover...
...examine the care at Walter Reed and any other military medical facilities it chooses to examine. Headed by two former Army secretaries, the eight-member group will have 45 days to investigate and report back on its findings. Of course, it isn't being called a commission; that turf belongs to Presidents and lawmakers. The Pentagon's board is more modestly called an "independent review group...
While it was Harvard’s first game of the season, it was Lehigh’s sixth. The Crimson has not had much opportunity to practice on infield dirt but has instead been confined to the stadium turf inside the bubble. The transition to outdoors proved to be a difficult...
...sour feeling left by the Orange of Syracuse. But strong execution from a hardened Ohio State (3-1) squad and a lack of offense for the Crimson (0-1) resulted in a 13-4 Buckeye win against Harvard in front of 511 fans at a windy North Turf Field in Columbus, Ohio yesterday. And just like last May, it was the Crimson’s slow start that proved too much to overcome. “I think that it being our first game and their fourth, we just had some first-game jitters,” said co-captain...