Word: fortnights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prying soul has disturbed the Vice President's innocent pleasure. During the Spring he went frequently to the Maryland tracks, Bowie, Pimlico, Havre de Grace. He could not get away for the Kentucky Derby, but was on hand to see Blue Larkspur win the American Classic last fortnight at Arlington Park, near Chicago...
...Fortnight ago Director William H. Allen of the New York Institute of Public Service petitioned New York's Governor Roosevelt to remove Mayor Walker from office on the ground of incompetency. Playfully temporized the Governor: "I have received so many letters in the last few days asking for the removal of every public official from the President of the U. S. down to, dog, catcher that it will take me a few days to read them...
...Fortnight ago the Orloff trial, long awaited, commenced. Startling was the testimony of Harold Siewert, head of the detective agency which is complainant against the defendants...
This book's 823 pages, published last fortnight simultaneously in four languages in Budapest, Berlin, Rome, Lcndon and New York, contain all of Ferenc Alomar's 20 plays. Written in Hungary, most of them have been, are being, played the world over. Some resumes...
...that putting savings in a sock was perhaps not such a foolish idea. Just as state officials were making a final report on last February's City Trust Co. failure (TIME, Feb. 25), their statements shared headlines with first investigation of Clarke Bros., another Manhattan banking firm which last fortnight closed its doors. First reports put the Clarke failure at $4,000,000, gave depositors hope of getting 25 cents on the dollar. Later it seemed likely that the failure was for $5,000,000. that 5 cents on the dollar was the probable settlement figure. Clarke Bros. (James, Philip...