Word: forte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Sphinx of Springfield," cried Dr. Tansill, wagging a lean finger in the general direction of a bust of Lincoln (which stared sadly south), played "fast and loose" with Southerners "in order to trick them into a bombardment of that famous Fort [Sumter]." He had blocked all Southern conciliation attempts, had succeeded in starting the War Between the States and then laying the blame on the South. But, sputtered Dr. Tansill, the South should not even now think of its "struggle for freedom" as a "lost cause." "The glorious Confederate flag . . . Belleau Wood . . . Patton's crusaders . . , never be furled...
...took the plunge in early December and arranged a full year's operations. Concerts this spring included an early April appearance in Sanders, where Milhaud's "Suite Francaise" and Prokofieff's "March" received their first New England performances, and two sessions at the Veterans' hospitals in Bedford and at Fort Devens...
...time Jumbo finally opened, after six months of rehearsals, it had cost Whitney a lot more. Though it was a hit, it never paid for itself. But it did put Billy Rose on the map as a showman. It put him, specifically, in Fort Worth, Tex., which hired "Mr. Brice" at $1,000 a day to stage its 1936 Frontier Centennial...
Robert D. Adams, of 1200 Greenbrier Drive, Fort Worth, Texas, a graduate of the R. L. Paschal High School...
...Fort Worth last week, he tied for third, finishing four strokes behind Winner Ben Hogan. His first lap on the U.S. golf circuit had already netted him $3,537 in prizes. South Africa's Bobby Locke was obviously a man to reckon with for next month's grand prize-the U.S. Open...