Word: shortish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Silent Tom. Many a millionaire has ransomed his kingdom for a race horse, and ended up with a big oat bill. The difference, in Millionaire Elizabeth Arden Graham's case, is that Tom Smith spent her gold and brought home silver cups. Tom Smith is a shortish, pale and poker-faced old codger nearing 70, who is less of a chatterbox than Calvin Coolidge. His silences awed the lady. He spends a lot of time just staring at his horses through wise eyes, and when he is through, a horse knows he has been cross-examined...
...rollicking Fred (Let-The-Chips Fall-Where-They-May) Knox is capable of becoming embarrassed, he must have become just that the other day in Harvard Union when he waxed impatient at the holdup in the chow line. "Hey, Mack," growled the agitated Frederick, prodding the back of a shortish gentleman in front of him, "what's the delay...