Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...artist was short-slightly over 5 ft., indicated by the curve of the first stroke...
London would be Jimmy Byrnes's first big test. He would represent the most powerful nation of the world at the zenith of its influence. He would be the agent of a new President who had, in a few short months, injected a strong fusion of Realpolitik and plain dealing into U.S. foreign policy...
...championships of Russia's national indoor game some 700,000 competed in 1936. The game: chess. This week, with short-wave radio bridging Moscow and Manhattan, the Russians tried their hand at international competition.-A queen's pawn was nudged ahead two squares...
...publisher of Young America magazine (circ. 400,000 schoolchildren) and co-founder of a chain of newsreel theaters. Young America is the first filmmaker with the audacity to promise movie courses for every class from kindergarten through high school. It will offer a three-part package: a one-reel short for $25, summing up the course, a "strip film" of pictures and diagrams tied to a popular textbook in the field, and a what-to-do-about-it manual for the teacher. Young America hopes to put out 100 basic films and eight documentaries...
...unexpected source - dynamic, jut-jawed Ray Wright Turnbull, president of Edison General Electric Appliance Co. (Hotpoint ranges and heaters). In a cheerful statement. President Turnbull approved the new ceiling. Said he: "The company is willing to take its chances on this loss because it feels that within a short time the increased volume of domestic and foreign sales will more than offset the low selling prices and high production costs...