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...most importantly for Harvard is that despite potentially difficult negotiations, the University will not be infringing on residents' home turf...
...building. Congress isn't exactly pushing U.S. troops to go out and take risks by pursuing the more aggressive policing duties without which the situation won't be stabilized." A year after NATO's military victory, violence between Kosovar Albanians and Serbs has not been eliminated, and a violent turf war among leaders of the former KLA guerrilla movement is claiming a growing number of victims. "Never mind the fear that Milosevic would come back in; if the U.S. leaves the Albanians would eat each other for lunch," says Calabresi. "Realistically, the U.S. troops are going to be in Kosovo...
...crowning achievement of Bush's baseball tenure was the construction of a new Rangers stadium in the early 1990s. Bush made sure the park would reflect the game's traditions. The field must have real turf, because in a world where so much changes for the worse, the game should stay the same. As Governor, Bush said as much in commencement speeches, citing "fixed stars" to live by. Star No. 4 paraphrased the film Bull Durham: "Baseball should always be played outdoors, on grass, with wooden bats...
...heat was definitely a factor and the turf of Jordan only makes things hotter," said freshman attackman Matt Primm. "But we were prepared for it with lots of substitutions to keep guys fresh...
...remains of this stone-and-turf building were found in 1961. The most spectacular discovery from the Greenland colonies was made in 1990, however, when two Inuit hunters searching for caribou about 55 miles east of Nuuk (the modern capital) noticed several large pieces of wood sticking out of a bluff. Because trees never grew in the area, they reported their discovery to the national museum. The wood turned out to be part of an enormous Norse building, perfectly sealed in permafrost covered by 5 ft. of sand: "definitely one of the best-preserved Norse sites we have," says archaeologist...