Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...matter which program the Congress chooses, there will be harmful effects. It is a question of which plan's defects will hurt the fewer people and do so for the shorter time. The situation ten years away must be considered...
...field," he said. I laughed, because he was a foot shorter than I was. Then the boy hit me on the jaw and twice quickly on the side of the head. I stopped laughing. I jabbed once at his nose; he looked surprised and began to use both hands. It was very painful, and two St. Anthony's boys had to pull me away before I got too damaged and brought an early end to the war. As they led me off, one of them looked up and smiled patronizingly...
...date for the Annex Choral and Modern Dance Groups first joint production, Gustav Holst's "Hecuba's Lament." It will be offered as Choral's annual free Sanders Theatre concert. The piece will be arranged with Ennice Alberts as alto soloist and approximately 95 singers. Several shorter numbers, as well as pieces performed by each group separately will be included in the program...
...soon as the news of the rout reached Hanoi, the French pulled out of Thainguyen. They took up positions on a line halfway between Thainguyen and Hanoi in the flat delta country where communications and supply lines would be shorter and where their artillery and tanks could be used to better advantage. One by one the remaining forts on Route Coloniale No. 4 were falling into Viet Minh hands. The border between Ho and Mao was wide open...
...leaders of the freshmen, who raced a quarter of a mile shorter course than the varsity, were San Soucie, Maguire, Gerry, Phillips, Carroll, Richards, McInnis, Fishman, van Duyne, McConaghie, and Engs. These, along with Joyce, who did not race today, will make up the '54 team...