Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whose lonely mountains range back toward the cloud-capped Continental Divide. But these spaces and slopes are more vulnerable than the site seeker might think. Take so-called "view locations"-sites high on the slopes of the Rockies, which real estate men have been selling off by thousands from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. Unpolluted air. Privacy. Dazzling vistas. House tastefully set amidst thick stands of ponderosa or lodgepole pines. No insults to the visiting...
...initials conveniently stand also for "F- the Army," a slogan familiar to all overseas G.l.s. "Ours is a political vaudeville created out of materials found in G.I. newspapers," says Sutherland. In mid-November the group began a five-week holiday tour with a show near Fort Dix, N.J. From there it went on to play near (never on) bases in Hawaii, the Philippines, Okinawa and finally Japan...
Lassitter filed an assault charge against Walton in Fort Lauderdale criminal court, but the case was dismissed. He then sued for damages in civil court. The result was gratifying indeed. The six-member jury awarded him $1,250,000 in compensatory and punitive damages...
...local Operating Engineers, a union of construction workers, have a history of violence in the Fort Lauderdale area. Five times in recent years they have been enjoined from rioting. Only four days before the attack on Lassitter, union members had apparently helped to smash up a partially built
...witness testified that he had been at a union meeting when the local president urged the members to "tear 'em up" and that the union's business agent reminded men to pick up weapons before leaving. Other testimony established that the international had been informed of the Fort Lauderdale incidents and had failed to intervene...