Word: fortnightlies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Something about his cell mate's tale clicked in José's memory, and he brooded over it. He asked Abdias to repeat the dates and places. A fortnight ago, as the two men basked in the prison courtyard sun, José blurted out: "Abdias, do you still hate the man who clubbed you?" Abdias replied philosophically: "No, those are the risks of our trade." With a sigh José unburdened himself: "Abdias, my friend, forgive me. I was on the other end of that club. You are supposed to be dead, and I am serving time...
...Judo Trick. Fortnight ago, before a British military court in Düsseldorf, his dress uniform atinkle with medals earned in three services,*- the handsome sergeant readily admitted killing his friend, and stringing him up on the bannister with the help of his brother. But, he insisted, he had killed only in self-defense. His buddy, he claimed, had threatened him with a gun, and to protect his life, Dunne had used a judo trick learned in the commandos: a slashing blow with the edge of his hand against Watters' larynx. Why, then, had he called in his brother...
...Many. By the time the trial was done, all the old rifts in Zionist Jewry, the rifts between Left and Right, moderation and extremism, Irgunist nationalism and Mapai Socialism, were rent wide open again. Fortnight ago, the trial judge found Greenwald guilty on one count-that of falsely accusing Kastner of sharing Nazi profits-and fined him one Israeli pound...
...plot against Soekarno's young independent government. As Defense Minister, he has been busily spotting his own men in key army posts, against strong opposition from Indonesia's top army commanders, whose control in the provinces has been all that saved the country from anarchy at times. Fortnight ago, Kusumasumantri reached far down the army's hierarchy for his new Chief of Staff. Colonel Bambang Utoyo, 35, a Japanese-trained officer who lost his right hand several years ago in a grenade accident...
...City. Grofé read a book about the river, recalled some river lore of his own (at six months he rode an Albany boat for two weeks to escape an epidemic on the Lower East Side), and sat down to compose in his study overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A fortnight ago the score was finished and airmailed to Kostelanetz...