Word: forte
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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CYNTHIA BAKETEL SYSTROM Fort Smith...
When Marx sent Beedle Smith some caviar, Smith, who had no taste for caviar, passed it on to his next-door neighbor at Fort Myer, Brigadier General Eisenhower. Later, Ike dropped in to thank Marx. The toymakers other military friends include NATO's General Alfred Gruenther, Strategic Air Command's General Curtis LeMay, General Omar Bradley, now a Bulova top executive, and General George Catlett Marshall. Even after they leaped into the headlines in wartime, Marx says, he was sure that the generals would be "forgotten like Bliss and Pershing," worried about the generals' financial future. In 1946, when...
...million Fort Dearborn Project calls for the complete rebuilding of 150 acres near the downtown Loop district with apartments, government buildings, a branch of the University of Illinois and large parking facilities...
Cross country coach Bill McCurdy was not satisfied just to have Miss Radcliffe present a trophy when his varsity harriers outran Yale and Princeton this fall. He even borrowed three walkie-talkies from Fort Devens so that WHRB could broadcast a "running" account of the meet. These publicity attempts show the interest with which the cross country team awaits the Undergraduate Athletic Council's vote on its status next week...
STANLEY A. SPRECHER Fort Wayne...