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Word: shortly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Short for Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogery-chwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 18, 1949 | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...Unfair surprise," sputtered stooped, balding Abraham Isserman, and "Outside the scope of the indictment." Pint-sized Harry Sacher barked similar objections. Judge Harold Medina, bitingly suave, then and later gave short shrift to their objections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Unfair Surprise | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...rest of the team breaks down into a competition between Tim wise and Al Switzer for the regular first base job, a four-way scramble for the right field berth, and a fight between Bill Rickey and Charlie Cabot to see if Henry Young plays short with Hickey at third or third with Cabot at short...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Nine Throws Revamped Team Against Dummer | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

Having started Wise and Hickey against MIT, Samborski will probably use Switzer at first and Cabot at short (with Young at third in place of Hickey) in today's game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '52 Nine Throws Revamped Team Against Dummer | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

Harvard's other advantage is its course. The Dedham Country Club is short and easy, but half of its holes are tough for people who have never played them before. The second and eighteenth, for example, are at the top of high hills, and a man at the bottom can't judge the shape of the green...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Meet McGill Today; Golfers play Green | 4/16/1949 | See Source »

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