Word: fortnightlies
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...under threat of death at the captured U.S. embassy compound in Tehran. At his right sat Penny Laingen, wife of L. Bruce Laingen, the imprisoned chargé d'affaires in Tehran. On his left sat Vice President Walter Mondale and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, whose tireless efforts through a fortnight of nerve-racking negotiations had achieved as little as those of the President himself...
...Kennedy momentum has been soaring for the past fortnight as the Senator has sent out a series of unmistakable signals. First he dropped the remark that his mother Rose and his wife Joan had given him the go-ahead to make the race, not a startling revelation since the Senator is the head of his clan. But family considerations have been a major hindrance to his running for President. Next came a lunch with Carter and Rosalynn at the White House. "I am seriously considering entering the race," Kennedy told the President. Replied Carter: "I am definitely planning...
Sound as some of his new moves were, Carter had to deal with an Executive Branch still shaken by a fortnight of rumors and uncertainties that followed the President's astonishing request for the resignation of all 34 Cabinet members and top aides. He started the week by requesting a meeting with his entire staff. Some 300 of them crowded into the East Room on Monday afternoon, and those who could not fit in watched over closed-circuit television. Despite the fact that Rosalynn and new Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan were publicly defending him, Carter conceded that...
...profusion of red roses surrounded the members' enclosure at the All England Club. The tournament attracted record crowds, while the nation talked of virtually nothing else. True to form, the top seeds in the singles competition-Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova-moved relentlessly into the denouement of the fortnight-long pageant...
...acting only in emergencies, and too few of them are persuaded that they actually face one at the moment. Presumably they will wake up to the certain knowledge of it before too long. As Samuel Johnson said: "When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully...