Word: forte
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What do you think is the greatest misconception about you? -Dian Ducey, FORT LEE, N.J.I try not to spend a lot of time thinking about what other people think. I spent a lot of time doing that, and it got me nowhere...
Passengers wringing their hands over delayed flights and lost baggage aren't the only problem plaguing airlines. A near collision on the tarmac at Dallas-Fort Worth airport on April 6 punctuated a six-month period that included 15 other runway "incursions" - a spike from eight during the same period the year before. With air traffic controllers having operated for more than 600 days without a new contract from the FAA, morale among them is at an all-time low, and with just 11,100 fully trained professionals serving the entire country - the smallest number in 16 years - a combination...
...When incoming freshman Roshane B. Campbell of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. was asked about the curriculum change, he said, “I actually don’t know what’s going...
...substitute for life” in his early years, and said that his record for number of movies watched in one day was seven. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Benton served in the army (painting dioramas at Fort Bliss) before moving to New York in 1960 to work for Esquire Magazine. It was at Esquire that Benton met David Newman, a kindred cinephile spirit. When Benton was fired from his position as art director (for, among other things, spending his afternoons watching New Wave films at the Thalia movie...
...trial dates for the "high value" prisoners have yet been fixed, but when they are, the proceedings will be televised via closed circuit to the U.S. mainland for the benefit of relatives of those killed in the 9/11 attacks. Victims' families will be able to follow the proceedings from Fort Hamilton in New York, Fort Monmouth in New Jersey, Fort Meade in Maryland and Fort Devens in Massachusetts...