Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...June 4, 1763 the Sac Indian tribe and the Chippewa tribe were playing a game outside an English fort in Canada. The object of the game was to club--or crosse--opposing players senseless. Amused, the men of the fort came out to watch, leaving the fort unguarded...
Sophomore Laurie Downey turned in a disappointing performance at the AIAW intercollegiate swimming championships in Fort Lauderdale last weekend, failing to reach the finals in any event...
...think she was a queen in the army," responded Fort. As Fort spoke, Patty Hearst sat rigidly erect at the defense table, following every word, occasionally shaking her head in denial at the witness. Once, when Fort suggested she did not resist having sex with S.L.A. Member William Wolfe, she started to rise, apparently in anger; Bailey pressed her back down into her chair...
During his cross-examination Bailey sarcastically noted that in advance of his court appearance Fort had composed a four-page "antipress release," complete with biographical data, and had coupled it with a request for anonymity. "Your method of protecting your anonymity," Bailey asked incredulously, "was to send out twelve copies of this release to members of the press?" He also got Fort to acknowledge that he was not certified as a psychiatrist, although he had spent a one-year internship and a three-year residency in the field. Snapped Bailey: "I doubt he [Fort] has the ability to recognize...
Bailey also brought out that Fort was being paid $50 an hour to work on the case-about standard for the Government-and that his bill would run to $12,500, which is high...