Word: forte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Prince Gholam Reza Pahlevi, 20-year-old brother of the Shah of Iran and a first lieutenant in the armored section of the Iranian army, arrived in Manhattan bound for Fort Knox, Ky. and a 14-week course in U.S. armored tactics...
...Fort Lee, Va., where she is making a movie on life in the WAC. Cinemactress Rosalind Russell misjudged her timing in boarding a fast-moving truck and ended up in the infirmary with 17 stitches in her right leg. Said she: "If the accident leaves any scars, I can at least say I got them in the Army...
When Foreign News Writer Eldon Griffiths was in TIME'S Los Angeles bureau, one of his favorite stories concerned a well-behaved but homeless lion whose young master had been inducted into the Army. The lad had reported at Fort Ord with the lion, was given two weeks to find a more appropriate place to leave it. Touched by this state of affairs, Griffiths took it upon himself to find a home for the outsized...
...blips reappeared, playing all over the scope, Barnes said, "like a bunch of kids." He called all airliners flying near Washington, asked their pilots to report any strange objects. One pilot saw a white light, moving fast. But during all this uproar, other radars near Washington (e.g., Quantico and Fort Meade) saw nothing unusual...
County Humane Society near Fort Ord, Calif., where Humeston was stationed. During the making of the movie, Private Humeston was given leave to accompany Pagan to Hollywood. As scripted by Charles Lederer, directed by Stanley Donen and pleasantly performed, Fearless Pagan is a merry little romp, with the lion's share of the acting honors going to Fagan...