Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...memories of Morocco. Of Humphrey Bogart, explaining his presence in Casablanca: "I came for the waters. I was misinformed." Or Gary Cooper as Beau Geste, with ketchup all over his Foreign Legion tunic, dying bravely in defense of the Late Show and his papier-mâché fort. And there were Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, singing as they set out on the road to Dorothy Lamour...
Some new entrants in the field have novel ideas for handling riots. Fort Worth's Western Co. of North America, an oilfield-service firm, has developed a slippery powder called Instant Banana Peel, which is guaranteed to turn any street rumble into a sit-in. Baltimore-based AAI Corp.. a defense contractor, has come up with a tear-gas grenade with two crowd-control virtues: it has no shrapnel hazard, and it expels its chemicals in seconds-before it can be picked up and pitched back at the police. A company official says that its grenade sales doubled...
After a 15-day sanctuary at Brandeis, Rollins decided to pursue his protest of the military by personally going to Fort Devens. Approximately 150 Brandeis students entered the post with...
Colonel Leon D. Sexton, the Provost Marshall, ordered the students off the Fort Devens grounds. As they began to leave the post, Sexton personally apprehended Rollins. Sexton refused to comment on the arrest...
Specialist Fourth Class John D. Rollins, AWOL from the Army since November 12, was arrested yesterday at Fort Devens as he passed out leaflets describing his sanctuary at Brandeis University...