Word: forte
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...kind of war, it had an old sort of start. In the places where soldiers and sailors live--in Norfolk, Va.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; in a hundred other towns of the Republic and far beyond its shores--the rhetoric of impending battle was rendered into the humdrum details of military life. Bills were paid; kit bags packed; wives, husbands and children hugged. Patriotism hung in the air, as palpable as the first chills of fall; flags sprouted on a million lapels and fluttered from a thousand taxicabs in a wounded but defiant New York. On television, the reports came from...
...unit already in the region. Three guided-missile destroyers are on their way, and the Pentagon has readied active-duty ground forces for possible deployment. The core of such forces are likely to come from the Army's 18th Airborne Corps., which includes the 82nd Airborne Division, based at Fort Bragg...
...aftermath of the terrorist attack, consumers and business leaders alike are in mourning. "We're all walking around with heavy hearts, and when you add light wallets to heavy hearts, it's even more devastating," says Nicki Grossman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. All across Florida, where more than half the visitors arrive by air, the once thriving tourism industry has been decimated. In the Orlando area alone, 253 groups representing 32,531 attendees have canceled visits set for September, and an additional 82 groups have nixed their plans for October. In Las Vegas, only...
...Thursday, Stephenson, 39, was getting ready to leave his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to catch a plane to Boston's Logan Airport, where several terrorists had begun their deadly missions on Sept. 11. His jet-setting career had turned grim, as evidenced by his colleagues' new insignias. Some were wearing badges with the names of all the cockpit and cabin crew who perished. Others had black bands placed over their wings. "We still do have people who are fearful and have taken time off. It's time to come back. They might even feel better being back. The rest...
...Kashmir has fanned the flames of militancy in every town and village. In this struggle, martyrdom has lately become a horrifying tactic; a Muslim Kashmiri youth in April last year blew himself up outside Indian army headquarters in Srinagar. Other militants staged an unsuccessful suicidal siege of the Red Fort in New Delhi. One Pakistani military official said he wouldn't be surprised if U.S. authorities discover that Pakistani nationals were involved in some phase of the Washington and New York attacks. "Our terrorist groups here have links with many other groups abroad," the officer commented...