Word: forte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...grippe, Strong Man Fulgencio Batista last week wrapped himself in blue pajamas and a blue silk dressing gown and stuck close to the huge master bedroom at his Camp Columbia headquarters outside Havana. But his relaxed manner showed as clearly as his personal flag,* flying from every Cuban fort and armory, that he was boss of the island...
Crimson wrestling captain Johnny Lee will seek the National Collegiate Athletic Association 123-pound title at Fort Collins, Colorado today...
...first time in his life, Ben Hogan's remarkable will power was beamed at something less tangible than hitting a golf ball. Back home in Fort Worth, bandaged from hip to ankle, he began the prescribed exercises. He insisted on removing and replacing the bandages himself because, after a little practice, he felt he could do it better than the doctors...
...name on golf equipment, and money for endorsing Chesterfield cigarettes (which he chain-smokes on the golf course but seldom smokes off it). He owns a couple of oil wells, a one-sixth interest in the new $2,000,000 ranch-type Western Hills Hotel near Fort Worth, and next winter he will run the posh new Tamarisk Country Club at Palm Springs, Calif., where he is building a home overlooking the third tee. Other golfers find themselves dreaming of the day Hogan will find a nice green pasture for himself. It seems to be their only hope of getting...
...Patrick, affectionately known in local as the snake skinning savant, takes second place to John Sullivan one-time general in Washington's Continental Army, in official City celebrations today Sullivan commanded the Cambridge fort when the order came to evacuate the city on March 17, 1775, 177 years ago. The day will be called Evacuation Day, in double commemoration...