Word: shorter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Girl" (scrapped in 1935) as in greeting to her namesake, 2,000 welcomers hallooed, waved, blew whistles, made comparisons. They found the new Mauretania a sturdier but less speedy version of the old, nearly two knots slower (average speed: 20.7 knots); less roomy (1,300 passengers); 13 feet shorter (length overall: 722 feet), but 4,000 tons heavier. Built for comfort, she will never duplicate the speed record of the "Old Girl," who held the mythical Blue Riband 22 years, until Germany's Bremen took it away (Cunard White Star's Queen Mary now holds...
...plot is woven about the slim thread of the Yokel Boy's success in Hollywood and his sweetheart's -- Miss January -- failure therein. Thin though it is, the story might easily support a shorter play with the aid of its already first-rate score, its lavish settings, and its nifty costumes. By this time it's probably a good show...
...Vetoed another bill to permit docking horses' tails, commenting: "If the Almighty wanted the bony part of a horse's tail six inches shorter, why didn't He make them grow that way? Don't ask me to assist in changing His plans...
Wrangling About What? John Lewis is not seeking higher wages for his miners. He is not after shorter hours...
...some one reminded Franklin Roosevelt to put into his peace-offering message to Adolf Hitler last month some honest acknowledgment of the faults of the Versailles Treaty, Herr Hitler's reply to Mr. Roosevelt last week (see p. 18) might have been much shorter, less sarcastic. The President's omission gave Herr Hitler a fine opening to shoot over the Roosevelt shoulder at Woodrow Wilson, and students of debate could but admire the adroitness with which he seized this opening. Herr Hitler has never been noted for humor. To some unsung ghostwriter, perhaps, was due an Iron Cross...