He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father was a travelling salesman and his mother a dressmaker who taught him to sew.

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He found it encouraging that Carole Lombard had been born in Fort Wayne, but had managed to get away to become a Hollywood star.

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Authorities have built a fence in the Fort Wayne area to prevent the carp from migrating from the Wabash to the headwaters of the Maumee River, a Lake Erie tributary regarded as ideal spawning habitat.

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But John Chiazza of Fort Wayne, Indiana, said that he believes Americans need to trust in Petraeus' expertise.

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