In both cases, Islamist parties were able to convert name recognition and long-standing grass-roots organization into electoral victories.

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And I remember that within a few minutes, I was so comfortable that I kicked off my shoes, which I wish I could do today because they really do hurt -- (laughter) -- and I was standing barefoot in the grass, just talking to folks.

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As the road climbed into the forested folds of Misiones's central sierras, the colors seemed unnaturally bright, the saturated emerald of grass and leaves standing out against the earth's deep, rusty red.

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One day in mid-December, there was a knock at the kitchen-house door and he found Chance Poxley standing in the tall dead grass, wearing a small tweed fedora, shading his eyes with one hand.

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One quipped that it will soon be standing room only in the long grass.

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To loosen up before starts, Bauer drifts back toward the right-field foul pole, where after taking a crow-hop, he sends the ball sailing across the grass to a teammate standing within a few feet of the left-field foul pole.

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Hundreds of people in and out of uniform were in the Pentagon courtyard, standing on the spongy, rain-soaked grass as a light mist fell.

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In the garden, standing back at first, not taking part, Donovan moved forward when the boy was lying on the grass.

NEWYORKER: Bravado