Word: fortnightlies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...idly. He has already made one foray into the Middle West, for a speech last month in Des Moines. (Harriman gave this critique of his Des Moines performance: "What they think about out there is ham and corn, and I was both hammy and corny.") Next fortnight he will fly to the Northwest for appearances in Seattle, Eugene and Portland, Ore., and Lewiston, Idaho. Early in December he will speak at the national convention of Young Democrats in Oklahoma City...
...pressure in the rock has been building up. Survey monuments on opposite sides of the great fault have been pulling apart at the mean rate of 2 in. per year. Such slow shifting does not relieve forces; it is a sign that they are increasing relentlessly. Within the last fortnight, California has had two moderate earthquakes, with many lesser shocks following them. Richter does not know whether they are warning forerunners of a really big jolt. But he and his colleagues feel that the San Andreas Fault has been quiet so long that it cannot be trusted much longer...
...worth in return. At the same time this year, Japanese exports to the U.S. have improved dramatically: $188.3 million for the first six months, against $131.1 million during the same period last year. Nevertheless, Japanese pressure for removal of the embargoes is still strong. In Peking last fortnight a group of Tokyo businessmen signed a $3.6 million barter deal with the Communists, committing themselves to ship a wide assortment of goods that are now banned. In Tokyo another group announced plans to hold a Japanese trade fair in Peking next spring...
...Duluth this week, leaders of Minnesota's Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party will request Adlai Stevenson to accept their endorsement for President. Within a few days, Stevenson will answer yes. Although he has previously made it obvious that he will run, e.g., in Kingston, Ont. last fortnight, when he told newsmen he would accept the Democratic nomination if it were offered, Stevenson will consider his reply to Minnesota his formal announcement of candidacy. Thus, the 1952 Democratic nominee will become the first official entry in the 1956 presidential field...
...cotton prices, which suffered one of their deepest postwar price slumps (as much as $10 a bale) in the futures market a fortnight ago, took another blow last week. The cause: an estimate by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that, despite a 14% acreage cut ordered this year to shore up prices, the 1955 cotton crop will be 2% bigger than 1954's 13,696,000 bales. Good weather, increased use of fertilizer and close planting had boosted productivity; the average acre, by the department's estimate, would yield a "fantastic" 405 lbs. v. 341 last year...