Word: forte
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from Azcona to the White House requesting assistance. The letter did not specifically mention troops, but Azcona later confirmed in a news conference that he had orally asked for this option. Reagan then gave the go-ahead to send four battalions -- two each from the 82nd Airborne, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., and the 7th Infantry Division, based at Fort Ord, Calif...
...first Crays to come off the assembly line in 1976 was shipped to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where it made short work of the mind-boggling mathematical equations required to design hydrogen bombs. Another early Cray without doubt was delivered to the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md., where it would have been put to work cracking military codes and sorting through the intelligence data that flood into the agency every...
...classic spring vacation for eligible collegiate thrill-seekers is the Florida Hedonism Extravaganza. There are three meccas of illegality to choose from--Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Daytona Beach. Be sure to check out the world balcony-diving championships, held nightly at area hotels in each city. Harvard's break unfortunately occurs slightly after that of the rest of the uncivilized world, but there should still be numerous opportunities to have a cheap, sleazy...I mean, totally awesome break...
...Florida. Parodying the rest of the map, ambitious little villages are swiping one another's ball clubs. Just this spring the Cincinnati Reds have moved from Tampa to Plant City, the New York Mets from St. Petersburg to Port St. Lucie and the Kansas City Royals from Fort Myers to an amusement park in Haines City once known as Circus World and now identified as Boardwalk & Baseball...
...that he can leave her for Hollywood. He also takes advantage of the occasion to write one of his better lyrics: "The day that the Pope came to New York/It really was comical/The Pope wore a yarmulke." Ronnie, tired of being told he is a failure, goes AWOL from Fort Dix and plans to blow up the Pope...