Word: short
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...line of defense" in France. As Chief Executive he had laid down for the Senators a foreign policy aligning the U. S. more strongly than ever behind France and England. As Commander in Chief he had declared his determination to back those democracies for defensive war by every means short of actual manpower...
...From Berlin last week an irate Nazi newscaster griped: "The New York short wave broadcasting station (NBC's W3XL) contributed lying news yesterday during a news broadcast given at the same time the Fiihrer was making his speech." The objectionable items, quoted from British newspapers, were: 1) that Hitler might have to undergo a second operation on his throat; and 2) that German troops were massing near the French and Italian borders. What obviously had the Nazi back up was not NBC's news, but the fact that too many Germans were listening to it when they should...
...Picasso's eyes, enormous in relation to his head, dominate his face, which despite a largely indoor life has taken on a finely crinkled, leathery quality often found in Spaniards. Never a dandy, he now dresses adequately but with indifference, is only a bit touchy about being short (5 ft. 3 in.). A plausible theory for the usual dirt and disorder of his rooms is that it is largely reaction from the neatness enforced by his bourgeois wife...
...they witnessed was perhaps the most beautiful performance of ski jumping ever seen in the U. S. Slanting through the air, bending forward obliquely from his ankles, Reidar Andersen outjumped all his rivals (193 ft., 197 ft.), so impressed the judges that he was awarded 234.45 points, just 5.55 short of the highest score possible in a tournament...
Coach Al Dewey's Yardling pucksters journeyed to Exeter to meet the strong Phillips Exeter sextet yesterday afternoon and came back on the short end of an 8 to 0 lacing. The Freshmen have been improving steadily in their play, but they were simply no match for the classy Academy team...