(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America, ) A period of 2 weeks.
The “lame duck” Johnson Administration, in its final fortnight in office, grappled last week with a diplomatic hot potato in the form of the latest Soviet proposal for a “just and lasting” Middle East peace settlement.
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