Word: forte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Because of many difficulties in preparing the ice making machinery, the management of the Arena had to make a great of fort to open the new rink on schedule time. But after a week of delays and disappointments they were finally sole to get a coating of ice over the concrete floor eight hours after the first drops of water were sprinkled on the surface at noon on New Year's Day,--establishing a new record for laying the first cost of ice; the best obvious time of four days was made at the Duquesne Gardens in Pittsburg...
Later he was president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, and the Boston & Lowell railroad. In addition he was a director of the Boston & Maine, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Kansas, Fort Scatt & Memphis, and several other lines...
...Owen '23, back, 19 179 5.10 Newton High. J. R. Tolbert '22, guard, 22 208 6.2 Hobart High. T. S. Woods ocC., guard, 22 220 6.2 Brookline High. Average, 21 176 3/4 5.11 Centre Statistics Name and Position, Age. Weight. Height. Home. N. Armstrong, back, 21 157 5.10 Fort Smith, Ark. T. G. Bartlett, back, 21 150 5.10 Owensboro, Ky. I. Chinn, back, 18 180 5.10 Harrodsburg, Ky. R. C. Ford, guard, 19 180 5.11 Danville, Ky. W. N. James, tackle, 20 168 5.9 Fort Worth, Tex. A. N. McMillin, quarterback, 23 168 5.10 Fort Worth, Tex. R. Montgomery, tackle...
Though General Fayolle's Boston tour is unofficial in character, he was sent to America as official representative of the French Government to present the Medaille Militaire, the highest decoration of France, to General Pershing at Fort Myers, Virginia, on October first, and was personal representative of Marshal Foeh at the convention of the American Legion at Cleveland. He commanded the First and Second Divisions of the American forces in the second battle of the Marne, and won especial fame in the battles of the Somme and the Aisne as an artillery organizer. In 1917 he served as Commander...
...here will be one of less than half a dozen delivered in America during his brief visit. Arriving only 10 days ago, General Fayolle came to America as the friend and personal representative of Marshal Foch to the recent convention of the American Legion at Cleveland. Last Friday at Fort Myers, Virginia, in the name of the French Government, General Fayolle conferred upon General Pershing the Medaille Militaire, the highest decoration of France. His speech at West Point was the only other occasion on which he has appeared before an educational institution in the United States...