Word: fortnightlies
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...time the U.S. Open came around, scarcely anyone doubted that Graf would romp. Her task was made even easier when Navratilova exited prematurely in the quarterfinals after a fabulous seesawing bout, probably the fortnight's best, with Zina Garrison. It was a particularly melancholy end for Navratilova, who during 1983-84 won six consecutive majors and contends that she too has won the slam. Few, however, agree: the slam, like all classic stories, must adhere to certain unities of time and space, the calendar year being one of them...
...such media diplomacy may be a bit scary, but the TV show it has helped create promises to be a stunner. Despite the 14-hour time difference between Seoul and New York City, fully three-quarters of NBC's planned 179 1/2 hours of coverage over the next fortnight will be live. When the telecasts begin each weekday at 7 a.m. EDT, it will be 9 p.m. in Seoul, the peak of the evening competition. When evening coverage starts, at 7:30 EDT, it will be 9:30 a.m. in Seoul, just as the daytime events are getting under...
Dignity is a luxury during the Cannes fortnight. It rubs shoulders with outrage and excess, as film folk hawk their wares in the world's largest annual secular convocation. At the Palais, moviegoers must dress formally for the evening screenings; at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go, a porno star who is also a member of the Italian Parliament performs a sex act with a stuffed animal. The cafes percolate with erudite analyses of Marcel Ophuls's 4 1/2-hr. documentary / on Klaus Barbie, while back at the Eden Roc, Producer Edward Pressman discusses his new movie about Claus von Bulow...
Battle fatigue may be part of Meese's problem, though he did not see it in himself even as he fired his spokesman Terry Eastland a fortnight ago. It was a bizarre performance. Eastland, a respected conservative, had no inkling that Meese was unhappy with him. Summoned to the Attorney General's office, he walked in innocently, the man with the longest tour at Meese's side of any of the senior staff. It was as if Meese did not know him. And so Eastland became the eleventh top aide to quit or be fired from Justice in two months...
...Party in South Carolina, invested early and heavily in organization across the Old Confederacy and border regions. From the handful of Republican Governors down to county chairmen, party centurions were wooed and won long before Dole's emissaries began courtship. That foundation was invaluable during the campaign's final fortnight. Under little pressure from his floundering opponents, Bush was able to coast on a risk-free cloud. For ten days he avoided interrogation from the national press corps following him in a separate plane, preferring the gentler treatment of local reporters...