Word: fortnights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...come into its own until the mid-20th century, which is one reason why the repertory is so sparse. Glennie is an active commissioner of new works, among them fellow Scotsman James MacMillan's Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, a thorny, dissonant, virtuoso showpiece that got its triumphant American premiere a fortnight ago in Washington. She works closely with composers, advising on matters of technique and, in return for her commission, extracting a promise that the score will be hers exclusively for one year. Her taste runs also to arrangements of Chopin and Joplin, as well as to Japanese and Brazilian music...
...blaze caused by a vagrant's campfire and a few others sparked by fallen power lines or kids playing with matches, everything else was labeled suspicious. But it was not until the smoke, literally, cleared over last week's ruins that police released a shocking estimate. Of the fortnight's 26 major blazes, 20 are regarded as set by arsonists...
Here, it's considered a rough day if the temperature drops below ten degrees. When it's been snowing for a while--and rarely does a fortnight go by without snow--the conditions are terrific. Just be sure to avoid getting buried in the loose powder...
...only rosy part of the picture is that Harvard has suffered little in the Ivy League race. After tying Cornell a week ago, the Crimson is in second place in the Ivies, behind undefeated, untied Dartmouth. The Big Green arrive in Cambridge for a Halloween faceoff in a fortnight...
...begin his climb from the electoral cellar, George Bush needed a fortnight of seamless good fortune: a small triumph of diplomacy with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, James Baker's return to political service, then a smooth glide to Houston for joyous coronation by a united Republican Party. Maybe the convention week will go that way. But in the first half of the Republican fortnight, the President seemed unable to awake from what is turning out to be a nightmarish fight for re-election...