Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...winners crowded all their runs into the sixth inning, while the Crimson struck for two in the ninth only to have its rally cut short by a double play. George Emmons went all the way for the visitors, giving up three earned runs on four hits, striking out six, and walking only three...
Marshall opened the ninth with a single past short, moving to second on Ed Smith's second hit of the game, a single to center. Kevin Reilly walked to lead the bases and Marshall scored when Ernie Wohler walked, Smith moving to third. Smith scored on a fielder's choice when Jim Gabler, running for Wohler walked, Smith moving to third. Smith scored on a fielder's choice when Jim Gabler, running for Wohler, and Dave Skinner were erased by a double play. Sherrill Houston was called out on strikes to end the game...
...first time, the movie industry will give the public a look at what really goes on back of Hollywood's colossal, glossy front. The look: a series of short "industry propaganda" films...
Palsan (Mayer-Burstyn) links together half a dozen short stones, each with different characters, and ranges from Sicily to the River Po. At its best, it beats any other movie the Italians have made. Its unity is in its theme: the relationships between men at war (chiefly U.S. soldiers) and the men & women native to the battleground. Paisan (rough G.I. translation: "bud") was directed by Roberto Rossellini, who made the famed Open City...
...letters, too, Chekhov expresses himself most explicitly about his writing creed: "My goal is to kill two birds with one stone: to paint life in its true aspects, and to show how far this life falls short of the ideal life." A writer, he insisted, "must be as objective as a chemist ... he must know that dung-heaps play a very respectable part in a landscape, and that evil passions are as inherent in life as good ones." Chekhov...