One bomb apparently hit a guard tower, but most seemed to have landed in the grass, setting off brush fires.
But increasingly, the boys and girls of summer are playing their games on a more consistent surface, a new generation of synthetic turf made of plastic leaves of grass set among tiny rubber pellets.
As I write, Madame Mao is singing "Hit it boys" in my head, and I'm looking forward to my favourite line in Alice Goodman's magnificent libretto: when Chinese premier Chou En-Lai sings, "Outside this room, the chill of grace/ Lies heavy on the morning grass", set to Adams's melancholic viola solo and shimmering, ambiguous harmony.
Tiered grounds contain a swimming pool with a spa and a large expanse of grass, set off by ocean views.
Taxonomic diversification and ecological expansion of grasses set the stage for domestication of cereal crops.
And the grass field, set inside an oval of barbed wired, looked plush to a fault.
They work with conservation groups, rotate their herds to encourage a healthy mix of prairie grass and set aside ample room for sage grouse, plovers and herons.
Schoolteacher Nurul Hashem lives in a grass hut set among coconut palms and pine trees, yards from a pristine beach on the sparkling Bay of Bengal.
1. Mix sugar with 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan, simmer until sugar dissolves, add lemon grass, and set aside to cool 20 minutes.
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