He ran an vigorous grass-roots campaign centered on a simple motto: "Vote for Change".
The California law, adopted by voters in 1996, is part of a vigorous grass-roots revolt against the "Reefer Madness" message emanating from Washington, asserting that marijuana threatens the nation's very civic fabric.
In a vigorous grass-roots campaign, Mr. Young — who won the primary by 380 votes, or 52percentt of the 7,926 votes cast — says the city has stagnated under Mr. Davis.
You could also resow with clover: it's less vigorous than grass, so won't need cutting as often, and has the benefit of feeding itself, and the soil around it, with its nitrogen-fixing roots.
One solution is to make sure path edges have a good slant towards the bed, as this helps when edging them: it doesn't cut down on work, but it does make the job easier, and the more you cut, the less vigorous the grass will be at the edge.
Similarly, Lolium rigidum, a type of ryegrass that was introduced deliberately into Australia as a vigorous pastureland grass for livestock, "is now a major-league pain in the neck for Australian arable farmers" because of its propensity to develop herbicide resistance.
Mr. Madaleno, in a telephone interview on Saturday, said Maryland gay-rights advocates had failed to mount the kind of vigorous, multimillion-dollar grass-roots campaign that their allies in New York ran this spring.
With Congress now almost certain to recess until after Labor Day without floor votes on any specific plan, a vigorous advertising and grass-roots effort to shift public opinion is likely in the next month or two.
The various gambling interests are expected to carry out vigorous advertising, lobbying and grass-roots campaigns in large part because of the way that Mr. Cuomo is seeking to expand gambling.
It's best to de-thatch your lawn just before its most vigorous growth cycle to help the grass recover quickly since it's growing rapidly during that period.
Her vigorous campaigning to broaden her base of grass-roots Tea Party supporters and evangelical Christians won her support in Iowa and South Carolina, and her victory in the Iowa Straw Poll last month capped an impressive run.
