Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...accused were members of a company of 99 Negro WACs stationed at Lovell General Hospital, Fort Devens, Mass. The four and 56 others, most of whom served as orderlies, had gone on a sit-down strike, complaining that they were given menial jobs and were treated badly because of their color. After Negro and white officers (including a major general) had talked to them, the 56 had gone back to their jobs. But not the disgruntled four: Privates Anna Morrison, Mary Green, Alice Young and Johnnie Murphy steadfastly refused to work...
Bilingual. At Fort Benning, Ga., the mystery of strange sounds in the night was finally solved when it was discovered that Officer Candidate George Chew speaks perfect English in the daytime, perfect Chinese in his sleep...
Thus in the final settling of accounts, U.S. investments abroad may be worth considerably less than foreign investments in the U.S., and the gold hoard in Fort Knox may begin its world travels again...
Lots More. In Fort Myers, Fla., Real Estate Agent Tom Philips swapped a piece of land in a residential section of town for fifteen cartons of cigarets. Said Smoker Philips: "I've got more lots than will power...
Like many another service wife, Mrs. Phelps doesn't know her husband well. She met him when her brother brought him home from Fort Monmouth; they decided to get married when he was transferred to communications school at Harvard. In his 30 months' absence, Mrs. Phelp's conception of her tall (6 ft. 3½ in.) and handsome husband grew. The sweater she was knitting grew in proportion. When she got the picture of him, she saw what she had done: the sweater came halfway to his knees...