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( A well-known example is the " initials " used by Forrest J. Ackerman in his fanzines from the 30s and 40s, namely " 4sj ".
" Forrest J Ackerman is interred at Glendale Forest Lawn with his wife Wendayne " Rocket To The Rue Morgue " Ackerman.
After Macready " retired " to America, he continued to perform in the role ; in 1849, he was involved in a rivalry with American actor Edwin Forrest, whose partisans hissed Macready at Astor Place, leading to what is commonly called the Astor Place Riot.
In film, the best known example of rich proverb use is Forrest Gump, again known for both using and creating proverbs.
In the case of Forrest Gump, the screenplay by Eric Roth had more proverbs than the novel by Winston Groom, but for The Harder They Come, the reverse is true, where the novel derived from the movie by Michael Thelwell has many more proverbs than the movie.
The origins of this was parodied in a famous scene from the movie Forrest Gump when Forrest is on his multiple jogs across America, and wipes his face on a T shirt given him by a struggling salesman, and on the shirt, as if transferred there by Forrest's face, is the image of the happy face, whereupon the man gets his idea.
Another early article source ( May 15, 1985 ) is a column by Neil Morgan, a San Diego Evening Tribune writer who wrote: " Forrest Shumway, chairman of The Signal Cos., doesn't make predictions.
Buehrens, along with Forrest Church, is A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism, in which the authors explore the many sources of the living tradition of their chosen faith.
Hanks is known for his roles in Apollo 13, Big, That Thing You Do !, The Green Mile, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, Charlie Wilson's War, Catch Me If You Can, Forrest Gump, A League of Their Own, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and as the voice of Woody in the Toy Story movie franchise.
A cavalry and military commander in the war, Forrest is one of the war's most unusual figures.
On July 13, 1862, he led them into the First Battle of Murfreesboro, which Forrest is said to have won.
Historian and Forrest biographer Brian Steel Wills writes, “ While there is no doubt that Forrest joined the Klan, there is some question as to whether he actually was the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan .” The KKK ( the Klan ) was formed by veterans of the Confederate Army in Pulaski, Tennessee in 1866 and soon expanded throughout the state and beyond.
A common report is that Forrest arrived in Nashville in April 1867 while the Klan was meeting at the Maxwell House Hotel, probably at the encouragement of a state Klan leader, former Confederate general George Gordon.
The committee also noted, " The natural tendency of all such organizations is to violence and crime ; hence it was that General Forrest and other men of influence in the state, by the exercise of their moral power, induced them to disband .”
Delaware Route 8 is the main east – west route through Dover, passing through downtown on Division Street and West Dover on Forrest Avenue.
The following is a list of artillery pieces captured by Forrest:
Forrest J Ackerman wrote in Astounding that Triffids " is extraordinarily well carried out, with the exception of a somewhat anticlimactic if perhaps inevitable conclusion.
The Fulton Theatre was later modified by noted theatrical architect Edwin Forrest Durang, is one of only three theatres recognized as National Historic Landmarks ( the others are the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia and the Goldenrod Showboat in St. Louis, Missouri ).

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The party was often in danger of starvation, on more than one occasion a packhorse had to be killed for food, and in the last dash for the telegraph line, Forrest and one companion who had gone on ahead almost perished from thirst.
Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park is often mentioned amidst these controversies.

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Bragg failed to do so, upon which Forrest was quoted as saying, " What does he fight battles for?
# The Inquirer, 8 February 1865 ; quoted in Forrest ( 1996 ).
Times, 19 May 1865 ; quoted in Forrest ( 1996 ).
# Secretary of State to Governor Hampton, 10 August 1865 ; quoted in Forrest ( 1996 ).

Forrest and saying
" Though a novel and succinct condensation of the military's Principles of mass and maneuver, Bruce Catton writes: " Do not, under any circumstances whatever, quote Forrest as saying ' fustest ' and ' mostest '.
Counselor Bob Forrest, while critical of her continuing to drink " occasional champagne ," noted her improvement, saying " it's progress, not perfection and Mary's progressing and she's a million miles away from where she was when we met her five years ago.
Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest denounced Wheeler, a favorite of Gen. Braxton Bragg, saying he would not again serve under him.
Quigley dropped out in mid-December, saying " I am throwing my full effort and support to help elect Forrest Claypool as the next County Board President.

Forrest and strategy
Although Forrest lacked formal military education, he had a gift for strategy and tactics.
Not for nothing did Forrest say the essence of strategy was ' to git thar fust with the most men '.
Forrest's no-limit Texas hold ' em strategy vastly differs from that of many other established pros who believe that pre-flop one should always raise or fold, Forrest has repeatedly stated and demonstrated in his play, that limping, or simply calling a raise, is not a bad play and should be frequently employed.
On May 7, 2007, while speaking on the floor of the house, Poe used a quote from Civil War Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest when describing the military strategy that Poe felt the United States should have followed in Iraq.
Some critics have stated that despite quoting Forrest for a discussion on military strategy and not on race relations, it was still highly inappropriate for Poe to quote such a divisive figure .< ref >" Sheer Poe-try ", Emily Heil, May 8, 2007, Roll Call

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The city was continually harassed with cavalry raids conducted by Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, while Johnson undertook as best he could the defense of the city.
Comedy-drama was featured with films like Forrest Gump ( 1994 ), Jerry Maguire ( 1996 ) and As Good as It Gets ( 1997 ).
In 1879, amid talks surrounding the closure of the university due to its dire financial situation, a wealthy New York publisher with Nova Scotia roots, George Munro, who was also the brother-in-law of Dalhousie's Board of Governors member John Forrest, began to donate to the university.
John Forrest was the longest serving president of Dalhousie, holding the office from 1885 to 1911.
Forrest J. Ackerman ( born Forrest James Ackerman ; November 24, 1916 – December 4, 2008 ) was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan.
Ackerman was born Forrest James Ackerman ( though he would refer to himself from the early 1930s on as " Forrest J Ackerman " with no period after the middle initial ) on November 24, 1916 in Los Angeles, to Carroll Cridland ( née Wyman ; 1883 – 1977 ) and William Schilling Ackerman ( 1892 – 1951 ).
Forrest was susceptible to infection in his later life and, after one final trip to the hospital, informed his best friend and caregiver Joe Moe that he didn't want to go on.
John Forrest was the only premier of Western Australia as a self-governing colony.
Bradbury was invited by Forrest J. Ackerman to attend the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society, which at the time met at Clifton's Cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles.
And the Packers offensive line was also big reason for the team's success, led by All-Pro guards Jerry Kramer and Thurston, along with Forrest Gregg.
The offensive line, anchored by all-pro tackle Rayfield Wright, Pro Bowlers John Niland and Ralph Neely, and future hall of famer Forrest Gregg, was also a primary reason for their success on offense ( Neely had broken his leg in November in a dirt-bike accident, and was replaced first by Gregg and then by Tony Liscio, who came out of retirement.
John Forrest was the first Premier of Western Australia.
The wombat population in the Epping Forrest National Park has been increasing since a predator-proof fence was erected in the park.
* 1987: Con Onor Muore was played during a scene in the erotic thriller Fatal Attraction, in which Dan Gallagher ( Michael Douglas ) tells Alex Forrest ( Glenn Close ) the childhood memory of his father taking him to see the opera.
*, was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer commissioned in 1959 and sunk as a target in 1998
In 2008, Australian historian Peter Forrest claimed that the widespread belief that Paterson had penned the ballad as a socialist anthem, inspired by the Great Shearers ' Strike, was false and a " misappropriation " by political groups.
Nick Matzke, the NCSE's Public Information Project Director at the time, served as liaison to the legal team, and was responsible for uncovering the substitution of " intelligent design " for " creationism " within drafts of Of Pandas and People, which became a devastating part of the testimony of Barbara Forrest ( also an NCSE Director ), and was cited extensively in Judge John E. Jones III's decision.
Nathan Bedford Forrest ( July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877 ) was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

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