Word: threeway
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then, with widespread rumors that his boss, President Nixon, was unhappy with his performance. But it was not the first time that Kissinger had found it difficult to be his own man and Richard Nixon's man at the same time. Doggedly carrying on what Washington pundits called "threeway negotiations -with Hanoi, Saigon and Nixon," Kissinger became a driven diplomat. Toward the end, his usual gentle, self-deprecating jokes took on wild flights of black humor. But he persevered, often making tactical compromises, always following his maxim that policy depends on calculation, not emotion...
...after he signed with the Hawks, Erving was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks of the N.B.A., who claimed that Atlanta signed him illegally. In the resulting threeway, two-league struggle for Dr. J's considerable talents, the Squires have sought a court injunction to prevent him from playing for Atlanta. The Bucks have also won a ruling from the N.B.A.'s board of governors that Erving belongs to Milwaukee. Atlanta, a troubled franchise with the greatest need for Erving, last week refused to pay a $25,000 fine levied by N.B.A. Commissioner Walter Kennedy for using...