Word: forte
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When attendants on Eastern Air Lines nights between New York City and Miami or Fort Lauderdale, Fla., began complaining of a mysterious rash of red dots on their faces, necks and hands, the cause at first seemed likely to be some combination of environmental factors, such as the dry air in the planes' cabins or the cleanser used in the food ovens or even cosmetics. But why only Eastern? And why only a few episodes on the carrier's other routes? And how come no passengers or pilots were involved in the 170 reports of the so-called...
...real. Since January, more than 90 flight attendants have reported cases of red sweat, many of them more than once. Nearly all are women, and most have been stricken on Eastern's new European-produced A300 Airbus jets flying between New York and Miami or Fort Lauderdale. No passengers or pilots have shown any symptoms. In all cases the rash has vanished, leaving its victims wondering if the affliction is only skin deep. "We just can't track this thing down," admits Dr. David Millett, Eastern's flight medicine director. "It's spooky, really spooky...
Wiseman looked at the 1978 exercises, grandiloquently titled Operation Autumn Forge, through the eyes of an American infantry tank company. He flew with them from their base at Fort Polk, La., attended the ceremonies welcoming them to Germany and then followed them into the field. His camera makes no judgments, but the Pentagon should be happy with the result: American soldiers may have the foulest mouths in the world but, for the most part, they seem also to be intelligent and hardworking...
...team, undefeated in New England collegiate competition last fall, will spend 11 days playing its way to and through Florida. The trip will culminate in a two-day tournament in Fort Lauderdale benefiting the Easter Seal Foundation...
...major event of the tour is an Easter Seal tournament involving a number of club teams and receptions at the Harvard Club of Fort Lauderdale...