Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Poor time is the result of want of training. If prizes were given only on condition that a certain minimum time is made, men would be forced to exert themselves and the distances would be covered in shorter time...
...Shorter paths to reach rich Cathay...
...would be far pleasanter, if two hours and a half were not spent in listening to so many weak and silly attempts at wit. Just as this year's dinner was more entertaining than the last, let us hope that next year some more amusing or at any rate shorter programme will be devised...
...soon as I felt strong enough, I started away. Granada was charming, but it was sleepy, and its sleepiness was too suggestive. I longed for new scenes; so with a shorter mustache - of course I had to cut off the other side to match - and a more serious disposition, I prepared to bid farewell to the Alhambra...
...society, it would seem best to wait till next year; then, if the intention of the Sophomore Club holds good, men from other classes can send in their names and be elected in, and the transformation of a class club into a general club will be much easier and shorter than starting an entirely new club...