Word: short
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...subdued Lewis spoke only briefly, in a grateful and serious, almost stricken tone. Veteran Oscar watchers hoped in vain to glimpse the Jerry who, as the Academy Awards host 50 years ago, cavorted and mugged for nearly 20 minutes when he was told the show had run short. This year, the Oscar show ended right on time. But the odds are that, 50 years from now, no one will remember much about it - except that the underdog Slumdog...
Sophomore Alyssa Devlin and junior Audrey Mangan both fell barely short of top-30 finishes in the event, placing 34th and 37th, respectively...
...later dove right and gloved a St. Lawrence shot. Soon after that save, a puck hit Carroll and got behind him, but he stopped it short of the goal line...
...reach $1.5 trillion—and cutting this in half by 2013 will be challenging. Still, it is heartening to see that, although the administration began its term by passing a $787 billion economic stimulus bill, it is making concrete plans that will benefit our country in both the short and long...
...Indulgences are a handy marketing tool for the church, a way of encouraging people to amp up their spiritual life. But figuring out exactly what they are and how they work can be confusing. "It brings people who aren't Catholic up short," says David Steinmetz, a professor of the history of Christianity at Duke Divinity School. (Read "Finding God on YouTube...