Mr. McCall's remarks overshadowed a day of campaigning and one-upsmanship played on traditional Democratic turf.

That trip was viewed here as an unwelcome intrusion onto traditional French turf.

"A & W is going to have to defend its traditional turf," he said.

Telephone companies have in the last year entered cable's traditional turf, television, and say this decision will fuel their offensive.

Big box stores are also encroaching on the grocers' traditional turf.

Seemingly overnight, Digital found a way to invade I.B.M.'s traditional turf, the nation's largest companies.

While offering modest money-saving adjustments, the service Chiefs continued to defend their traditional turf.

For one thing, neither team would want to seem to abandon its traditional turf.

Across the nation, telephone and cable television companies are starting to invade each other's traditional turf.

They highlighted the show as an example of other networks moving in on the traditional turf of the Food Network.