Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This article of yours gives the desired information and it is, in a brief readable form, definite data of genuine human interest, with touches of humor here and there which make the whole world kin, e'en tho they dwell in marble halls...
...outfielders went out onto the field yesterday afternoon for a brief session catching flies. The turf, however, is not yet in condition for regular outdoor workouts...
Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, Dr. G. J. Esselen, Jr., of Skinner, Sherman, and Esselen Inc. will speak in the lecture room of the Coolidge Chemical Laboratory on "Cellulose, a brief consideration of its significance in world affairs since the dawn of civilization, something of its chemistry and present uses, and a glimpse of its future possibilities...
...Duncan Sisters' brief appearance is the high spot in this week's rather mediocre performance at the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre. They please with several sparkling songs and a few clever imitations. As of previous years the well known pair runs away with the audience. Their skill is manifested not only through their voices but also by performances on the piano and guitar...
...that only alarmists have bothered to question Mr. Mellon's integrity. Mr. Mellon's spokesmen in the Senate let the McKellar resolution go through with patient annoyance. They expected the ouster movement would die a quiet death when the Judiciary Committee reports. For ten minutes during this brief session of the Senate, Vice President Curtis presided for the first time in his new capacity. He rapped with his gavel so often and so lustily that Senators began to grumble, to wonder whether he might prove to be other than the meek & mild presiding officer that he was expected...