Word: trifectas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That feeling of serenity, though diluted by a variety of concerns, is part of the foundation of Reagan's political trifecta: his re-election in 1984, his personal recovery from the trough of the Iran-contra scandal and his final vindication at the polls last November. Not since the Roosevelt-Truman era has either party won three consecutive presidential elections. Not even the popular Eisenhower had the pleasure of escorting his designated heir to the Capitol...
...last time a Harvard player scored a hat trick was two weeks ago. C.J. Young scored a trifecta against...
...only do the Tigers take a lot of three-point shots--39 percent of their attempts come from trifecta land--but they also make a lot of the them. Princeton is currently ranked third in the country in three-point shooting, connecting on 48 percent (135-of-279) of its triples...
...ultimately equal that fig ure. ABC, gambling that it will make up in ratings what it misses in ad dollars, schedules the film for sweeps week, when the three networks all go for broke in the ratings. The timing is perfect: Nov. 20 is not only a Nielsen trifecta, it is less than two weeks before the Pershing Us are due to be installed in West Germany. More controversy, more publicity. Is the timing a reflection of political intent as well as business expediency? The network firmly denies it. The National Review editorializes that ABC is making "a $7 million...
...that Errico was in Los Angeles during the period when he was supposedly fixing races in New York. But federal officials attempted to prove that a number of bettors were seen meeting with Errico and subsequently cashing huge payoffs (as much as $129,000 by a single bettor) on trifecta wagers. According to Amy, he and the other jockeys were paid up to $7,500 a race by Errico to assure that their horses finished out of the money...