Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Politicians are acting like old grads when the eleven loses two games in a row. By all means shoot Eisenhower, Engine Charlie, the Chiefs of Staff, the scientists, even Harry Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt. We can still deliver the ultimate weapon, too, by a missile of shorter range from a plane, from a submarine, or just in an old-fashioned suitcase smuggled across a border...
...into it, you will find that your real income is now higher than that of any other European country." He pointed out that he hoped the gross national product would increase by 4% in the next few years. "This 4% you'll get, perhaps a bit more, but shorter working hours just now are impossible...
...Their month (urinal) lasted 20 days; a year (tun) 18 months, or 360 days,' which was completed (to correspond more accurately to the solar year) by adding five so-called "unlucky days." Thus they had a fixed calendar year of 365 days. It was nearly six hours shorter than the true year, so they worked out a system of correction (in the 6th or 7th century) that did not disturb the order of months and days in their calendar. This formula was at least as accurate as the Gregorian leap-year correction which was not introduced until...
...leviathans will be 131 ft. shorter but a full 16 ft. wider than the Queen Elizabeth, world's biggest passenger liner. Though none of the ships will be able to squeeze through the Suez or Panama Canals, they will cost far less to operate while hauling far more cargo than smaller ships, even though forced to take longer routes...
...ballad. Then comes the comic subplot, generally introduced by means of a specialty number. After that, the plot takes over for a while, and by the time the first-act curtain falls, the lovers are parted. The second act, which also opens with a chorus number, is shorter and more sketchy than the first. All that is necessary now is to get the lovers back together again...