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lily turf

— noun (= lilyturf) Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover

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Liriope muscari

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He could be a fierce turf fighter, yet it is fair to say that he could have fought harder for his moderate and dovish views in the post-1967 government in which he served.

All too often, the fight is about turf, rather than about the most effective way to speed help to the poor.

Teamwork has repeatedly fallen hostage to turf wars and political bickering.

Such assistance should be forthcoming, and in order to avoid bureaucratic overlap and turf conflicts, the responsibilities and priorities in dispensing it should be spelled out and agreed upon in advance by the government and these organizations.

Democrats have even managed to beat the Republicans on their own turf.

Now, after decades of turf wars and self-marginalization, international organizations must rally around an increasingly pressing global priority: sustainable urbanization.

Tripoli is in danger of becoming like Baghdad circa 2005, with different groups controlling turf and instituting a clientelist neighborhood political economy.

India was historically strong at field hockey, winning almost all of the gold medals between 1928 and 1968, but, since the Games switched from grass to expensive synthetic turf, the Indians have won just one field hockey medal.

Each agency has its role, but they also tend to squabble over turf rather than cooperate.

Turf battles with NATO intrude, as well as competition between the EU's executive Commission and the member-based Council.

Elimination of the IMF's lending functions would solve the problem of perpetual turf wars between it and the World Bank.

Moreover, while it is often conceded that jobs can be lost via foreign direct investment, much more important are financial capital exports, that is, the loans that enable foreign firms to create jobs on their own turf.

But the EEAS ended up in a turf war with the European Commission, and outgoing High Representative Catherine Ashton did little to ease the tension, owing to her unwillingness to involve herself in intra-EU disagreements.

Not surprisingly, at least some people at the US Securities and Exchange Commission have reacted negatively - this is stepping onto their turf, after all.

Second was the willingness of both Putin and Medvedev to engage publicly with experts on the experts' own intellectual turf.

And, in an attempt to preserve its turf, the Board constantly attempts to keep the IMFC from discussing anything of substance.

Elimination of the IMF's lending functions would solve the problem of perpetual turf wars between it and the World Bank. The confusion that this has caused among borrowers and lenders would disappear.

The CIO would not have a fiefdom and would not compete for power or turf with other senior officials, but would simply remind the president or other people of the role of information every time it was appropriate.