Word: fortnightlies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shake-outs of the past three weeks. Waters had been predicting such a turndown since he started his column last April. Nor did Fox hesitate to tell where he thought the market was headed after both the industrials and rails broke through their previous year's lows last fortnight (TIME, Sept. 7). Wrote Fox last week: "The bear market has been confirmed and will probably go further down. There is no hurry about buying stocks...
...recent weeks that hope has been shadowed by the possibility of deportation, since her temporary visa has expired. Last year two special bills to grant her citizenship died in committee when the 82nd Congress adjourned. And a fortnight ago, an Immigration Service official ordered Joey to leave the country, but gave her the privilege of voluntary departure. Last week. however, Joey's future was brightened again. Immigration officials in Washington promised that no action toward her deportation would be taken for several months. That will give Congress time to consider another private bill granting her permanent U.S. residence...
...French postal strike (see FOREIGN NEWS), which set communications in France back to the 17th century, was too much for the Aga Khan, who had come to Aix-les-Bains for a peaceful fortnight. He left town in a huff (actually, in a green Rolls Royce with red leather upholstery) and headed for the 20th century in Lausanne. Switzerland, followed by his chauffeur, maid and luggage in a second car. "The Aga Khan," it was explained, "receives and sends many letters and needs to make frequent phone calls abroad...
...sunlight, he marveled to see that Vesuvius no longer wore the pennant of smoke he had known until his imprisonment; nobody had told him it stopped smoking nine years ago. A panel of ten judges listened to the impassioned pleading of Lawyer Augenti, the evidence of 35 witnesses. A fortnight ago they acquitted...
...fortnight ago, when Nehru and Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammed Ali had parted smiling at Karachi, it had seemed that the historic conflict between Hindu and Moslem over the beautiful Vale of Kashmir might in time be stilled. Now, peace seemed suddenly very far away...