Word: backyard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stealing that pretty little evergreen from a neighbor's backyard and setting it up as a Christmas tree in your living room is a dirty trick. But some enterprising Coloradans are striking back at would-be tree snatchers with a pungent recipe: fox urine, a drop or two of skunk essence and glandular extracts from cats, ferrets or muskrats. Sprayed on evergreens, the Scrooge Christmas Tree Protector, at $6 per pt., raises a stink to warn off tree rustlers. If a "Scrooged" tree is moved into a heated house, the putrid perfume gets really intense. How long before the scent...
...Some people play [music] at excessive volumes, but sometimes [Thomas] is ridiculous," said Bryan Garrett '93, who lives on the side of Greenough facing the courtyard. "He doesn't want anyone doing anything in the backyard--if you read too loud, he comes...
...road to Indianapolis and the national championship finally begins in earnest this weekend for the Harvard men's water polo team. And the road begins in the Crimson's own backyard with a New England League invitational at Blodgett Pool...
...road vehicles such as lawn mowers, dune buggies and construction equipment, which account for an estimated 16% of the state's smog. Says a spokesman for the California Air Resources Board: "While the bill applauds California's leadership, it ties our hands to control pollution in our own backyard...
...racism?" he asks. "Is it elitism? Is it `not in my backyard?' I don't know...