three-point landing
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What TV needs are more bad interviews--unpredictable showdowns that don't glide to a safe three-point landing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The difference between a three-point landing and a one-point landing is that after the first you can fly the plane again.
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Too many space enthusiasts, says Porter, assume that the descent on the moon would be "a simple . . . perfect three-point landing!"
From Time Magazine Archive
The dance-hall customers also complained, although, after the cabaret took off from its Edinburgh street, it made a perfect three-point landing on a crag at sea without spilling a drink or disturbing the floor show.
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They made a three-point landing on the outskirts of Capetown, and she told Jem he hadn’t given her anything to say for ten minutes and she wasn’t going to play any more if he didn’t.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
