Word: forte
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...Governor was speaking that afternoon at the Catawba Fish Camp restaurant in Fort Lawn, a place about as out of the way as you can find in the Palmetto State. Mark McKinnon, Bush's media adviser, flew to Charlotte, N.C., from Austin and then raced to Fort Lawn at 90 m.p.h. to catch up with Bush and take him to a location about eight miles into the woods for the filming. Bush didn't need any coaching. With trees in the background, he just looked into the camera and delivered his lines. "Politics is tough," Bush said in a steely...
...Proper's partner 5. Tehran bigwig, once 9. __ Lott, who forced through confirmation of two judges 10. He stopped at six 12. Afghan airline, and recent hijack victim 13. Martin Indyk is new ambassador to this nation 15. __ Kapital 16. Fort Benning constabulary 17. Irish state broadcaster: abbr. 18. Natural emollient 20. Missile for Moe 21. Governor who has placed a moratorium on executions 22. A new South African museum has been named for him 24. "__ evil ... " 25. Day-__ paints 26. Paul's Exodus role 27. A Senate bill has been introduced to increase their number 30. Name conspicuously absent...
...Whether deliberate or no, the generic title of this Boston-based quartet's third album (recorded at Fort Apache studios here in Cambridge) reflects their music. None of the melding of musical styles so popular in modern rock occurs here: straight-up three-chord rock is the name of the game. When done well, as in the tight, focused first single, "Telescope," the standard guitar-bass-drum combination still retains the feel of energy unleashed. Singer Will Claflin also acquits himself well, with a hard-edged voice and decent enunciation, something all too often forgotten in the genre...
...Answer: The Foz is the man. Sort of. The Foz is Michael E. Fosnaugh e01, an junior concentrating in ec from Fort Wayne, Indiana. He sports A&F and a crew cut, and lives in a stereotypically unkempt, unvacuumed and generally dirty pad. Yes, he acquired the name iThe Fozi through some kind of sports activity-freshman preseason football camp. Yes, he is looking for an iattractive girl...whois funny and can have a good time.i Even his weekends tend to fall on the terribly ordinary side: according to The Foz, iI hang out in my room with my roommates...
...undergoing a 90-day education program aimed at rooting out homophobic harassment. Each of the armed services is slated to draw up and conduct similar training. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen deemed the sensitivity sessions necessary last July, when a soldier clubbed Private Barry Winchell to death in Fort Campbell, Ky., after extensively baiting Winchell about his homosexuality. It was not until Feb. 1, however, that Cohen explicitly instructed everyone in the armed services to undergo the training. Cohen has also requested a detailed report to gauge animus against gays in the military from the Department of Defense...