Word: turfing
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...penalty corners and a stifling defense, the Crimson took the early advantage and didn’t look back. Led by two goals and an assist from senior midfielder Shelley Maasdorp, Harvard captured the away game, transplanted due to BU’s lack of a home turf...
...savviest dealmakers are up to. For Cendant, the online onslaught was beginning to feel like water torture as cyberbookers chipped away at its core business: playing middleman between customers and the company's many franchisees. So last month CEO Henry Silverman, a veteran wheeler-dealer, moved to protect his turf by agreeing to buy Orbitz for $1.25 billion. The acquisition catapults Silverman to the top tier of online travel. His biggest rival there is another celebrity CEO, Barry Diller--the onetime Hollywood mogul who created the Fox network--whose IAC/InterActiveCorp owns Expedia, Hotels.com and Hotwire. That these inventive personalities...
...years ago, the Tigers had not yet suffered a loss or a tie at this point in the season before Harvard defeated Princeton on its own turf thanks to an overtime goal by then-freshman forward Sara Sedgwick...
...Harvard, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Institute of Politics have no agenda and no turf to protect,” he added...
...while the success he’s had of late bodes well for the rest of the season, the first few weeks on the turf were a challenge for the former three-year All-Conference player. Bryant came to Harvard from a small high school, accustomed to winning without complex play calling and tricky defensive maneuvers...