Word: forte
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At Balder Electric, which is based in Fort Smith, Ark., but sells its industrial motors around the world, these are flush times. After several sluggish years, profit margins are expanding again, revenue is soaring, and earnings will rise 30% this year. Its sales in 70 countries are booming--from Canada to Germany to China. "Our international business is up almost double our domestic business," says CEO John McFarland...
During World War Two, German prisoners of war were shipped across the Atlantic to stay in prison camps located in places like Fort Benning, Georgia. While these camps were no paradises, these German prisoners were treated according to international law. Under the Geneva Conventions, these Germans were required to be repatriated when the war ended. Under those same rules, they were not allowed to be tortured. And, finally, their location within the jurisdiction of the United States meant that the conditions they lived under were open to public scrutiny...
...holding the fort on the other end of the ice was sophomore goaltender Justin Tobe, who saw his first minutes in a Harvard sweater against Clarkson...
...found in people who have traits of spirituality, a light came on. For 35 years I tried to regulate my wild mood swings with drugs, alcohol and relentless exercise. Not until I recently re-found my faith did my mood swings stop--completely. Now I understand why. JIM DUFFY Fort Atkinson...
Those close to McCain say that at bottom he doesn't believe Kerry has the strength to face the tough business of war. McCain's views about Bush have been formed up close. After both visited families of dead and wounded soldiers at Fort Lewis in Washington State, they flew in silence on Marine One. The grief had been deep, and some of the relatives had had an edge in their voice as they talked to the President about the conflict that had taken their loved ones. As the helicopter climbed, McCain could see that the encounter had battered Bush...