Word: troika
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Between them, Harvard, Yale and Princeton won every intercollegiate title until Dartmouth broke through the golfing triumverte in 1921. A player from the Ivy League troika was the national individual champion until 1919, when Columbia's A.L.Walker Jr. turned the trick...
...Agee says unblinkingly. At Bendix, Agee helped to install what he calls "early-warning systems" in budgetary planning to forestall "unpleasant surprises." He joined Blumenthal in leaning hard on lower-level executives to meet high profit goals. By December 1976, the boss was so impressed that he abolished the troika of No. 2 men and anointed Agee president. Only two weeks later, Blumenthal got Carter's call and Agee became chairman...
...outfield, the Reds have some young players, like George Foster, Cesar Geronimo and Ken Griffey, who, despite their great hit-and run-producing abilities, also play spectacular defense. The Yankees' troika of White, Rivers and Elliot Maddox aren't the greatest hitters and their defense leaves a lot to be desired as well...
...this atmosphere of raw capitalism. Marley's rock guitars, the tribal chanting of a group like Burning Spear, even Toots and the Maytals' infatuation with U.S. country-and-western, are allowed inside the reggae big top. Organs, saxophones and flutes often accompany the basic guitar-drum-bass troika...
...nights in recent years, but only sporadically. The company's big problem right now is to try to get all its lights going on a regular basis. Levine, 32, formally takes over next fall but in fact is already installed in the job. He is part of a troika headed by Executive Director Anthony A. Bliss, who has the final say on everything. But as an administrator, Bliss has declared his intention of staying out of day-to-day artistic decisions. Below him are Levine and Production Director John Dexter, 50, a stage director who has worked...