Word: short
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...appealing for support of his foreign military-aid program. It was the kind of routine, uninspired address that Speechwriter Clark Clifford can turn out in his sleep, designed to satisfy its hearers without making headlines. Back in Washington, the President signed the proclamation of the Atlantic pact, made another short speech: "No nation need fear the results of our cooperation ... On the contrary . . ." These functions he performed with earnest punctilio...
...lights went out. Listeners above could hear his teeth chattering and he seemed short of breath. Once he said: "I'm freezing to death." But he stuck it out to 4,500. "I'll say it's cold down here. There goes a big white jellyfish. I never saw anything like that before...
...average midsummer gain of 16% over the spring lows) or the beginning of a long upward pull? One Philadelphia broker thought "Those who now remain on the sidelines might find themselves among the crowd scrambling for stocks 20 points higher." But many were still pessimistic. The mid-August short interest was 2,006,119 shares, a 17-year high...
...minute spiel from husky, suave Henry Wilcoxon. The actor, who plays a military governor in the film and goes on drawing his $1,000 weekly salary while spreading the good word, promised them that the picture would offer not merely entertainment, but education, inspiration, food for thought-in short, just about everything but salvation. ("...A story of love and lust, brutality and kindness, despair and hope, strength and weakness...
Sharp Focus. In Fort Worth, police received a routine letter from Twin Falls, Idaho authorities inquiring about a suspected bad-check passer and describing her as "25, 115 Ibs., 5 ft. 5 in. She wore a low-cut dress with short skirt, making it very hard to gain a description of her facial features...