Until a short while ago, I had thought the same thing.

The short answer to these questions is both yes and no.

He's got a far better short game than I ever had.

After making the first, he came up just short on the second.

Just to let people know they were wrong about me being too short.

She is already hard at work on one short story.

So much has been done in a few short years.

He will only be with the team for a short time.

He has come a long way in a very short time.

For five short weeks, the real men are in town.

The short answer to the question of how many knew is, enough.

I would never have put her with a guy so short.

Because I know people use big words, but they really mean short things.

But officials say they are still 20 percent short of the number needed.

We have a lot to do in a short time.

I should just like to put two short questions to you.

Who would have thought so just a short time ago?

Just a few short months ago, I had a couple of those days.

Or they may only have a short time to live.

Had she thought him a boy, only a short time ago?

In the short time we worked together, I began to understand.

And the plan only had to work a short while longer.

In a short while, you will be just like them.

And then he was only home every few years for a short time.

Of course, the view would change in just a few short years.

He had cut his hair short soon after being able.

All he needed was some water, and he'd short out the field.

The big man started to speak, but she cut him short.

Maybe he did wrong to take me up short like that.

He wanted to continue, but the Judge cut him short.

He went toward the phone, only to be brought up short when she stood her ground.

To make a long story short we came to an understanding.

But she was with us so short a time that nothing came of it.

In fact he might have to cut short some lines on the night.

However, his time with the club was cut short after just six months.

In the end, I went short enough of sleep as it was.

His time was cut short when after 23 games, the team had only won six of them.

If he was a company share I would short sell him.

So short a time ago, and he had looked for the child only to kill it.

I am trying to cut my speech short because other people want to speak.

The other cut him short with a wave of one big hand.

George's parents cut him short on his weekly phone call.

"It has something to do with being brought up short, beginning to consider the quality of their lives."

Probably a period short enough to be measured in minutes, but everything seemed to take years.

In short, yes, but the full answer is far more complicated.

I must have heard it,' he began, but she cut him short.

It was short now, flat on his head, without hair oil.

The attack he'd planned would fall a hair short now.

"How the hell did you know we were short a guy?"

I cut it short, unable to hold back any longer.

Short of war, though, foreign policy has little impact on American politics.

"Short of going back down there to find out, we never can know."

Short of black tie, what are you going to put on?

When Short returned, there was no force ready to turn him away.

And Short, without embarrassment, could well say the same thing.

Short of knocking them over the head, what could you do?

Short of being in a therapy situation, it's hard to talk about what went on for all those years.

Short of money, the foundation cut its staff in March by one third, to 40.

"Short of death, is there anything that will stop you from giving a press conference?"

Short of going into space, this is the last great adventure.

Short of the president, there is no one officer in charge.

Short enough on the sides to have my ear show.

Short of food and money, Manning spent long hours writing after work.

Short of a miracle, there was no hope for us.

Short of an economic bump, we're not likely to see it happen soon.

Short of taking an airplane, what is the best way to get there?

Short of that, you must put down the receiver and step away from the phone.

What she gets, at least in response to the last question, is most often, "Short."

Now, at age 32, Short has made the transition to being a role player.

Short of that, the trick is to make friends at the store.

"Short of the school falling down around us, everybody is really focused on the kids."

Short of replacing this door, is there anything I can do?

Short of physical force, there was no way he could impose his will upon her.

Miss Short went there on getting the news and stayed over.

Short of taking my gun out and shooting her, there was nothing I could do.

"Right in the middle of a crisis and they have to short me.

Investors who short the market are betting that prices will fall.

But shorting is not explained until the second half of the book.

Either communications were shorting out, or he had turned away.

The wires shorted and every light in the house went out.

By 1973, the highway had been shorted to 10.7 miles.

First, shorting the stock of your own company is illegal.

Something had shorted out, he said, so we needed a new computer for the stove.

A main wire would go dead after it shorted three times.

"It must have been shorted out when we were caught in the energy net."

He shorted them on their checks and there was nothing they could do about it.

To fire the flash, these two pieces are shorted together.

"Something's shorted out the power to all of the sensors."

Why pay if you can get the same benefits by shorting without borrowing?

Those who believe that the company will not cover the cost of the plant until next year might have shorted the stock, he said.

So far, shorting is still a specialists' game, but a growing one.

There was a problem with some of the computer circuits shorting.

By the next chow call everybody who's ever been shorted will be coming over to us.

He says initially each trip took an hour, which has been shorted to 45-50 minutes.

It caught Jay on the side of the head and shorted out all thought.

On more than one occasion I would have shorted myself thousands of dollars.

Shorting the lights out, therefore, should not be to his advantage.

"The cars were shorting out, and every one did something different.

The currently 8 rounds will be shorted down to 7.

Electrical power had shorted out in most areas of the stadium.

All he needed was some water, and he'd short out the field.

From what she could sense, any three of them would be enough to short out the house's entire system.

No reason to short out everyone else on the system if you could avoid it.

Maybe I could find something to short out the fence.

That will short out all the lights in this section.

A large enough ball of ants will short out some systems.

"It will be best to take Short out of here," suggested the physician.

The amenities of civilization are a little short out there.

At least it won't short out the rest of the fence.

"But what if it can short out a phaser the same way?"

Whether he stopped short out of decency or weakness is never quite clear.

Higher than that and we could short out the cooling fins on top.

Either communications were shorting out, or he had turned away.

At some point the water level became high enough to short out the main electrical distribution panel.

Never use a heat rock as they can often cause thermal burns and are known to short out.

The water spreads and causes the tape player to short out.

Something had shorted out, he said, so we needed a new computer for the stove.

"It must have been shorted out when we were caught in the energy net."

How did the hackers manage to short out his laptop?

"Something's shorted out the power to all of the sensors."

I hope we didn't short out the entire town,she thought, then leaned forward and threw up.

It's going to short out some stuff, I'm sure.

It caught Jay on the side of the head and shorted out all thought.

"I would not have wanted to short out our instruments," the pilot breathes.

"The cars were shorting out, and every one did something different.

By then, Short had all but decided he didn't want to get involved in the case.

After 41 a3, Short had no chance to play to win.

"Short of going back down there to find out, we never can know."

Short of knocking them over the head, what could you do?

Short of black tie, what are you going to put on?

Short of going into space, this is the last great adventure.

Short of war, though, foreign policy has little impact on American politics.

And Short, without embarrassment, could well say the same thing.

When Short returned, there was no force ready to turn him away.

Short of a miracle, there was no hope for us.

Short of taking an airplane, what is the best way to get there?

By the end of the war Short's was employing about 900 people.

Short of the president, there is no one officer in charge.

Short of replacing this door, is there anything I can do?

Short of tying her to the car, there wasn't much else he could do.

Short of flying, it wasn't going to get away from them.

Short of being in a therapy situation, it's hard to talk about what went on for all those years.

Short enough on the sides to have my ear show.

Miss Short went there on getting the news and stayed over.

Short's current wealth is said to be around $2.05 billion.

Short of an economic bump, we're not likely to see it happen soon.

Short of money, the foundation cut its staff in March by one third, to 40.

Short of that, you must put down the receiver and step away from the phone.

"Short of death, is there anything that will stop you from giving a press conference?"

Now, at age 32, Short has made the transition to being a role player.

Now he will get a shot at the real thing.

At times, he looked for the open man more than his shot.

I was never actually in the same shot with him.

Before the day is over, one more shot has to take.

She wanted to get a shot of her two friends.

He doesn't really have a bad shot in his game.

I just had to go over him and get a good shot.

Every day I feel like my shot is going to go in.

Now we talk about black people not getting a shot.

She wouldn't go home until the last shot went in.

I wasn't looking to take him out with one shot.

What do you really need to get the best shot?

I'd work with any of them again like a shot.

A person may be able to give his or her own shot.

All I have to do is give my child the shot.

By doing so, he gave Bush his best shot of the night.

Not the question she really wanted to ask, by a long shot.

A head shot was not the way to bring her down.

So many a man can bring down one with each shot.

Then a shot went off outside in front of the house.

All he'll do is give me a shot of something.

They'll be looking for any shot to take you down.

The shot came from the right side of the house.

And he had a clear shot at the big back.

He would have a clear shot from one end to the other.

The time she had left with him was short enough already.

Now we must be on our way, since time is short for us.

The man was short and now looked up to me.

In later years, he was short again but with white hair.

The deal would be short one car and two men.

But I will not talk to you of policy, for time is short.

The world would be short of women for a time, certainly.

The program was short, running its course in just under an hour.

No one seemed to mind that the course was short.

In this state, he will never be short on work.

So even if you make a little money, you're still going to be short.

Time may be short, so the quality of life goes up.

Now we turn to such life as is left, though the days before us may be short.

Sure enough, the wait to get to them was short.

Still, life is short and these books are often long.

I'd fire you now only I am short of money.

I guess if time really is short they maybe better than nothing.

Growing season is short, only 80 to 100 days per year.

It was short, just a little longer than her hand.

Right then I knew my time here was short, and a friend would be a help.

Time was short, I wanted to be done with this.

The truth is, we are short of food and men.

But when I held her in my arms, she was short.

One, because we knew the press conference was going to be short.

If time is short, one should at least take a moment and stand back from the wall.