Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., held its commencement exercises three months ago, the girl voted most popular by her fellow students was noticeably absent. She was off on a European tour trying to live up to another title bestowed by her schoolmates: most likely to succeed. As it happened, Christine Marie Evert, 18, class of '73, honor student and yearbook sports editor, was destined for some graduate work in the School of Hard Knocks, Big-Time Tennis Department...
Specifically, the kind of relief that can turn a gritty young lady into an even more formidable competitor. Immediately after Wimbledon, she spent long hours practicing on her home court in Fort Lauderdale and then went out and won two of her next three tournaments. As of last week, she had won an impressive eight of 15 tournaments in her first eight months as a pro. And, despite her lapse in Europe, she harbors no fears about the big triumvirate of King ("Her weakness is her impatience"), Court ("She scared me at first because she is so strong...
Lemmer originally joined the VVAW in Atlanta, Ga. on April 2, 1971 while he was still in the army, stationed at Fort Bennington...
Martin said that "nobody is getting any counter-insurgency training" and explained that Portuguese soldiers were last trained in the U.S. five years ago when two soldiers received training in psychological warfare at Fort Briggs because "some people felt psychological warfare could be related to NATO...
...part owner of the $200 million Embarcadero Center rising near the waterfront. In Detroit, Henry Ford II selected him to design Renaissance Center, a $500 million development that should give a new spin to the Motor City. He also has buildings completed or planned in Chicago, Chattanooga, Los Angeles, Fort Worth, Brussels and Paris. Last week the gentle, soft-spoken Portman, 48, announced that he will make his first foray into Manhattan, putting up a $150 million combination hotel-theater that is designed to restore some of the glitter to the tarnished Times Square area...