Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...afternoon, Harry Truman attended a ship's smoker, intently following the Navy boxers. When the portable ring collapsed and a post struck Bosun's Mate H. W. Beemans, the President scurried below deck to sick bay, checked the sailor's injuries and stayed for a short chat...
...corsages will be permitted at the short-notice dance, it was said. Arrangements have been made for the guests to eat at Smith Hall on Friday evening, and festive decorations are promised...
Immediate resumption of formal football might find Harvard in an embarrassing position anyway. Princeton, after a short layoff, is back in the formal ring and faces Yale at the end of the season. Current odds are heavily on the Eli. If Harvard went back in the running, odds would be even more heavy against the Harlowmen...
...Short Changer. In Harford, N.Y.. a thief stole 13 six-pound chickens from the flock of Mrs. William Voorhees, left 13 four-pounders in their place...
...Alger was the most prolific writer who ever lived. (He published about 130 books for boys, at least two novels for girls and several books of bad poetry, besides some earlier pamphlets. But most of the books were short, averaging 55,000 words by actual count; his total production was about 7,000,000 words. Frederick Dey, author of most of the "Nick Carter" series, ground out more than 21,000,000 words...