Word: short
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pick out one particular player for picayune criticism. Only when he strongly disagrees with a man's particular interpretation will he stop a rehearsal to correct him. Thus, although he spends as much time in rehearsal as other conductors, less of this time is spent in repetition of short phrases. Munch's approach worked extraordinarily well in New York and Boston; whether it would work with groups of lesser stature is another question...
Henry Young surprised Coach Dolph Samborski by turning up for the game with two good legs and he played the whole game at short, contributing some of the best fielding...
...Stick Around For Graduation, but it isn't a true dilemma, for the odds are far from even. There aren't many seniors, for example, who conceive a violent hatred for Graduation; and there aren't many seniors who manage to find jobs that start before June 23. In short, most seniors would not only like to get their diplomas in person, but they are able...
...story moves rapidly, by short scenes; the scenes rapidly, by short speeches; the speeches are introduced, as in a play, by the name of the character, followed by a word or two indicating his manner. Explanatory passages are short. Such methods will annoy some readers, who will feel that they are not getting a book, but only the outline of one. In a sense, they will be right. The style of Jean Barois is only the skeleton of the method Martin du Gard fleshed out in The Thibaults, but it is made of good solid bones...
...winning time not only clipped seconds off the old upstream record set by Spike Chase's crew in 1941, but it also demolished a 17-year-old downstream record established over a slightly shorter course. Which means, in short, that the Crimson has an even more excellent crew than usual this year, a crew which must be considered the overwhelming favorite to retain the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges 2,000 meter sprint championships at Syracuse this Saturday...