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...thrown in the air by Aussie Rules players from the St. Kilda Football Club. In another, they awkwardly practice handballing to the veteran players. They smack into tackling bags, play bullrush, and try to evade the tackles of lurking Saints. And they learn how to scoop balls off the turf and kick short into the muscled arms of two-time Brownlow medalist Robert Harvey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning to Play by Australian Rules | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

...White House for a new building to house the intelligence chief and his staff. Symbolically at least, it indicates that the DNI--who has the authority to hire 500 employees but whose role in the byzantine intelligence bureaucracy is still not entirely clear--will have a solid foothold in turf-conscious Washington. The news came as a particular blow to Pentagon boosters, who are fearful that the DNI will threaten the Defense Department's 80% share of the $40 billion U.S. intelligence budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Negroponte's $181 Million Welcome | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...Congressional action to stop the shameless wasting of tax dollars on subliminal self-promotion, particularly of the mock news-broadcast variety. It’s the responsibility of the government to stay out of journalism and the duty of news broadcasters to keep the government off their turf, lest television’s last little island of truth be submerged forever...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Slow News Day | 3/16/2005 | See Source »

...Crimson will actually kick off this year’s schedule on artificial turf, playing three games this weekend inside the Minnesota Twins’ similarly un-scenic Metrodome. Harvard will meet Louisiana-Lafayette on March 11, St. John’s on March 12, and Minnesota on March...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Ready to Move Outdoors | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

Stenmark contributed the aforementioned goal, and he also posted an assist in the first quarter when he found Steve Cohen across the field. Cohen took the pass, cut towards goal, and scored the goal while heading to the turf...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lacrosse Freshmen Make Immediate Impact | 3/7/2005 | See Source »

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