Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...citizens discovered last week that perhaps their most potent secret weapon of World War II was not radar, not the VT fuse, not the atom bomb-but a harmless little machine which cryptographers painstakingly constructed in a hidden room at Fort Washington...
Simple Subtraction. In Fort Collins, Colo., E. G. Whitehead reported the theft of his front porch...
...Forts & Gyms. With his wife comfortably settled in "Fayerweather Arms," John McGreevy is luckier than most of the 40,000-odd G.I.s who have taken their wives with them to college. Dartmouth plans to build a village of 50 prefabricated houses to hold the 100 new couples expected next March. Overcrowded University of Colorado is refusing admission to all out-of-staters but G.I.s. The University of Vermont has lodged some of its overflow in the Army's Fort Ethan Allen. The University of Michigan has set up a prefabricated "vet's village." Wisconsin's "Vetsburg...
...Army lost 5,808 dogs from all causes while on duty, although only a very small percentage were actual battle casualties. Of those that came back, 446 were found to be unalterably affected by their war experience. At the Army's dog retraining center at Fort Robinson, Neb., they were destroyed, with the consent of their owners. They had become incorrigible killers...
Unrest spread to Bombay, where students clashed with police. In Delhi, other students marched in protest before historic Mogul Red Fort, the ancient citadel where I.N.A. officers were standing trial for high treason against...