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...shortest time that physicists are likely to mention nowadays is a ten-thousandth of a millionth of a millionth of a millionth of a second (i.e., 10 23 sec.), which is about the time it takes a photon (corpuscle of light) to traverse the diameter of an atomic nucleus, but there seems little prospect of ever being able to measure...
Even the least observant have noticed the deterioration of local thoroughfares. When holidays started, they were relatively clear; now they are coated with a most unpleasant layer of slippery material. The shortest reading period in the memory of most inhabitants does not add any discernible note of joy, either. It was inevitable, of course--a confluence of the phases of the moon and the by-laws of the Corporation--but its immediate presence lends it no special enchantment...
Indeed, the stimulus which Russia received from her violent wartime contact with the West cannot be overestimated. In their short occupation of western Russia, for example, the Germans laid down more tarred roads than already existed in the whole Soviet Union. The shortest glance at Russia suffices to show that only since the war has she begun to make any real progress...
Teaming with him at the other forward will be J. F. Clark, while Jim Reap and Bill Teachout will share the guard duties. Reap is the only senior among the starters, while Teachout is the shortest man on the squad at 5 feet, 8 inches...
Against Brown, the varsity mounted five scoring offensives, the shortest of 57 yards duration, the longest an impressive 75 yards. And although Brown managed to tie the count once at 7 to 7, the outcome was never really uncertain: the Crimson running attack, which was to amass 22 first downs, was just not stopable...