Word: thirds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kaye lost in the third round to Jeff Stanley, Princeton's number one player, 15-10, 15-10, 15-11. Before falling to Stanley in the third round, Kaye won his first two matches, including a victory over Richard Chin, Cornell's number one player...
...first two bouts, 2-0 and 2-1, before getting pinned in the final seconds of the second period of his semifinal match. In the wrestlebacks he buried his Rutgers opponent, 5-2, but had third place snatched from him by a Navy wrestler...
...third consecutive year, the unknown saint helped the Crimson to a second-place finish in the Northeast Regionals, as well as a spot in the NCAA championships, which will be held April in Chicago...
...East Asia has dropped to one-third of what it was in 1975, when George Bush left his post as head of the U.S. liaison office in Beijing. Japan, meanwhile, has increased its overall foreign-aid program tenfold, and is now the No. 1 net donor. One-third of the U.S.'s total foreign trade is with East Asia, yet nearly two-thirds of its staggering $137.3 billion trade deficit originates there. That imbalance is nearly 20 times as severe today...
During the runoff campaign against the second-place finisher, Republican home builder John Treen, Atwater sent messages from President Bush and Ronald Reagan urging Duke's defeat. This effort not only failed but apparently backfired. "We resent outsiders coming in trying to influence us," explained Guy Hinton, a third-generation resident of Metairie. Duke, a highly charged campaigner, defeated the stolid Treen by a mere 227 votes...