Word: fortnights
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...press despatch from Washington last week. The governorship meant was not that of New York, for which he has campaigned, nor of the Philippines, which he would like to get, but of Porto Rico. President Hoover, said reports, had asked Porto Ricans how they would like Col. Roosevelt. . . . Last fortnight a cable from Hong Kong to Manhattan said: GREAT LUCK SHOT GIANT PANDA JOINTLY STOP THEODORE ROOSEVELT. A panda, also called wah, is a large dimwitted Asiatic raccoon. The "jointly" in the Roosevelt cablegram referred to the fact that the sender is accompanied by his able brother, Kermit Roosevelt...
England's greatest race is the Epsom Derby (June 5 this year). A great test preliminary for the Epsom Derby is the Thousand Guineas for fillies, run last fortnight at Newmarket, won by Taj Mah. Another favorite for the Epsom Derby is Cragadour, Lord Astor's colt. Drawings were announced last week in the ?1,000,000 ($4,860,000) London Stock Exchange Derby Sweepstakes. This year two tickets were issued for each of the 335 Derby entries. A ticket on Cragadour was drawn by one Jimmie Gibbs, aged...
Reds. The Charles River was too rough last fortnight for red-jerseyed Harvard oarsmen to row red-jerseyed M. I. T. men. So last week the M. I. T. men joined a red-jerseyed Cornell crew in outrowing Harvard. Cornell, unhurried, finished first. Harvard, however, won the junior varsity race when Cornellian Bate, No. 6, snapped...
...than curbstones in Chicago, and curbstones in St. Louis are higher than curbstones in Manhattan, and curbstones in Detroit are higher than curbstones in St. Louis, distressed is the curbstone maker and pleased would he be at the adoption of a uniform curbstone for all U. S. cities. Last fortnight Department of Commerce minds bent themselves to the task of simplifying the wheelbarrow industry. No less than 168 different types of wheelbarrows trundle through U. S. streets, yards, farms. To 22 types this number should be reduced. Last week the Department came to grips with men's pajamas...
Arkansas Natural Gas. Of Arkansas Natural Gas, Mr. Broun holds no less than 100 shares, the purchase apparently having been inspired by the 500,000 share turnover (TIME, May 13) during one day last fortnight. Mr. Broun bought the preferred, which has been almost stationary around 8. With his Arkansas Natural Gas, his public morality got once again all entangled in the tentacles of the Superpower Octopus. For Arkansas Natural Gas is a subsidiary of unique Henry Doherty's Cities Service Co., great among U. S. utility companies...