Word: fortnightly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pilots. In a tenuous first step toward direct backing of the K.L.A., the White House is considering sending nonlethal aid such as food, uniforms and communications equipment, Administration sources tell TIME. And while Washington is still shying away from directly arming the K.L.A., a senior Administration official admitted a fortnight ago for the first time that "we're in some respects now the K.L.A.'s air force...
...Nearly a fortnight ago, literary star James Ellroy came to town on a promotional tour for his new book, Crime Wave. The Wednesday before his gig at MIT, he appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. Barely alighted on the hotseat, he announced, with appropriate finger gestures, that the President is hung like a cashew. The Crimson immediately pulled strings and waxed plaintive to get a one-on-one with the celebrated word-wrestler who delivered such literary punches as The Black Dahlia, American Tabloid and L.A. Confidential. Armed for the interview with nonsense and irreverence, The Crimson...
Phua Mei Pin '00 is a literature concentrator. After being home in Singapore for a fortnight for the first time in a year, she has absconded to the south of France to smell flowers, eat cheese and meet...
...daunting as that of St. Louis Woman. "There was no score," Fisher says, "just scraps of material." Ace orchestrators Ralph Burns and Luther Henderson re-created--and, for the overture and dance numbers, were obliged to create--the musical settings. Topflight actor-singers signed on. And in a fortnight flat, from first rehearsal to closing night, the show goes...
Some attractions are being adjusted. A parade of cast-member "creatures," expected to run twice daily, was still not ambulatory a fortnight ago. The Jungle Book and Lion King shows were getting final tweaks. Dinos in Countdown to Extinction were to be given scarier lighting and infusions of bad breath. The safari ride's story line, about a baby elephant separated from its mother, is lame drama--no match for the amazing beasts on display...