When the school officially opened in January 2007, groundskeepers sprayed the dry, yellow grass with green dye in preparation for the arrival of dignitaries like Mandela and celebrity friends like Diane Sawyer and Spike Lee.

FORBES: The Education Of Oprah Winfrey: How She Saved Her South African School

The gravel-pit is very large and wide, with grass growing round the edges at the top, and dry stringy wildflowers, purple and yellow.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Five Children and It'

But the visitors should have been home and dry soon after when Zebroski was shown his second yellow card in the space of 60 seconds for a handball in the area and referee Darren Deadman pointed to the spot.

BBC: Torquay 0-1 Crawley Town

Never store your clothes over long periods in plastic dry-cleaning bags which emit gases that can stain or yellow fabrics as well as break down the elasticity in stretch garments.

WSJ: Ways to Care for Stretch Garments

Showing its yellow streak, Exxon in recent months decided to pull out of Poland after coming up dry on its first two shale exploration wells there.

FORBES: Exxon's Declining Output A Sign Of The Times