Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tuesday, April 25, after a brief illness, Charley Vinal died of pneumonia. In order to carry on his fine musical tradition, his friends will gather at the Cantabrigia Club this Sunday afternoon for a Jam Session dedicated...
Taut-voiced Germans at other micro phones never let their audiences forget this horror. One minute there would be a brief escape in music. Then a strident voice would break in: "Achtung, achtung! Now we shall give you the air-situation report." That meant that the bombers were back again. Sometimes it was nothing to worry about-at least for one's own safety. The voice would say "Enemy bomber formations are approaching southwestern Germany . . ." and the music would begin again...
...Sheet." Back in 1914 a tiny (5 ft. 3 in.), easygoing Irish civil servant named William Joseph Shields stood on the stage of Dublin's great Abbey Theatre, quakingly ready to deliver himself of his first speaking role. It was brief. The play was Sheridan's The Critic and his entire role, as "2nd Sentry," was to meet the cue "All this shall to Lord Burley's ear" with a yes-man's " 'Tis meet it should." Just before the cue, the malicious actor next him whispered, and the terrified Mr. Shields repeated, loud & clear...
Eight Piper Cubs flew across German lines on Mt. Ceracoli. Over the target their pilots solemnly pushed out a few five-gallon tins of gasoline, circled to see what would happen. As they had reckoned, nothing much did. An enemy-held tree burst into brief flame, a pillar of smoke soared all of three feet into the air. The armada wheeled, made for home at 70 miles an hour, while bored Germans took desultory pot shots at them...
...judges for the home debate included Charles Francis Hurley, former Governor of the State of Massachusetts. Dean Hanford and Theodore Morrison '23, Director of the English A Department. Hurley prefaced the decision, which was based on a two-to-one vote, with a brief speech...