Word: trios
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington, three cities, one port and eight public utilities in January 1970 brought civil suit against Alioto, whom they had retained to prosecute price-fixing suits against utility-equipment manufacturers. Alioto, one of the country's leading antitrust lawyers, had hired two attorneys to help him, and the trio proved all too successful: they won $16 million in judgments and received $2.3 million in fees, which Alioto split with the other two attorneys. The state and the other groups sued to have the entire sum returned. Though that trial took six months, the jury after only a single...
...ordered Claussen to refuel in Cyprus and again at Zagreb; over the plane's intercom he announced the purpose of "Operation Munich": to free the imprisoned Black September trio and fly them to a friendly Arab country. By the time the 727 reached Zagreb, the West Germans were on full alert, and government officials had agreed to release the prisoners in exchange for the passengers and the plane. After taking on fuel, the plane left Zagreb and headed for Germany. Munich's Riem Airport was surrounded by policemen, border troops, armored cars and thousands of Bavarian Sunday drivers...
...Marxes: Grouchos, Chicos, Harpos...It was a scene in a new film, The Way We Were-a costume party to which Barbra, Co-Star Robert Redford and all the other guests came as Marx Brothers. Among the onlookers: Groucho Marx himself, at 82 the only survivor of the famous trio. Groucho offered suggestions, dropped a few quips, and listened to the others recite some of the lines from his films. Sample: "This morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know...
...attention; you have to watch him even when he's playing rhythm because of his unique approach even then. He picks the riffs to lead off each song, and he guides the whole band's attack. He is not interested in Hendrix's wall of sound, or Clapton's trio virtuosity. Again, Beck is primarily interested in hearing himself play. In fact, my theory is that he tends to surround himself with relative mediocrities just in order to emphasize his own talents. Bogart and Appice are perfect examples: Rod Stewart and Ron Wood were not. His songs are thus simplistic...
Further back on defense, Brian Fearnett put the clamps on Cornell's big threat Victor Huerta. Teaming with captain Rick Scott and Rick LaCivita, the trio provided goalie Steve Kidder with strong protection and support throughout the contest...