Word: fortnights
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What a difference a week can make. After having the best passing attack in school history just over a fortnight ago in a 63-21 win over Dartmouth, senior quarterback Brad Wilford and the Harvard passing game have hit rock bottom...
...finally, two announcements. Number one: In observation of Veteran's day and our mounting misery, FM will not publish next Thursday; we're saving our batteries for Harvard/Yale weekend, only a fortnight away. Announcement number two: FMs executive staff are retiring in about a month and there are a few openings. Interested candidates should begin comping the magazine immediately...
...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...