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If they made diving boards six inches shorter, think how much sooner you'd be in the water. – Piet Hein	added by dan.ohad 11 months ago
This is [ reflective ] of the fact that the games are shorter, from a time perspective, we’re probably looking at selling beer for the same amount of time by extending to the eighth inning that we did last year through the seventh. – Rick Schlesinger	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In coming decades, winter — as most people understand it — will get shorter and warmer, with less snow and more rain, this poses a serious threat to winter recreation: snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and downhill skiing. – Robert Wilson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The shorter flight times, the higher altitudes, the better pressurization – a lot of things we brought out with the 707 were revolutionary, the 747 furthered that same direction, but you can’t ignore what the 707 did. – Brien Wygle	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Because the court is smaller, the paddle is shorter and lighter than a tennis racquet, and the ball is made out of plastic, so it’s very easy to learn and control for most people starting out. – Ernie Medina	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was crazy. The earthquake felt more violent this time, it was shorter, but more violent. My refrigerator moved two feet. Things came out of the refrigerator. There’s a crack in my wall from the violence of it. – Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was shorter, but more violent. My refrigerator moved two feet. Things came out of the refrigerator. There’s a crack in my wall from the violence of it. – Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Flaps on the top of boxes are getting shorter, or the box itself is thinner, two years ago these changes may have been minor. Now they are increasingly impactful to companies. – Lisa Pruett	Found on CNN 1 year ago
So, I do think that opportunity to engage in this one tool of, not just direct action but also mass non-violent action as a means of change which we know is pretty effective — the window for doing something in that vein is getting shorter. – Varshini Prakash	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Electricity is not only kind of a lower-cost solution here, but is also more immune to these shorter-term volatility events, which, just on the level of a consumer homeowner, that's painful, people are already feeling the effects of inflation. And then this short-term volatility where gas prices are up and natural gas prices are up. It's painful, and it really hurts people's pocketbooks. – Sam Calisch	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If your shadow is shorter than you are, seek shade. – The American Academy of Dermatology	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
In addition, overeating or consuming a lot of calories in a shorter period is linked with an increased risk of memory-related problems and overall cognitive impairment, overeating causes obesity that contributes to diabetes, high blood pressure and heart diseases, which are believed to be further causing Alzheimer’s and other brain illnesses. – Susan Kelly	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Baseball games are getting longer and slower, but our attention spans are shorter, we live in a TikTok world. People can get unbelievable entertainment with a flick of their finger. How do you create something that matches that ? – Jesse Cole	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You look at his game and what he’s accomplished, he’s a shorter guy, like the old-school type. If you’re in trouble, chip out and hit your wedges close and putt really well. If you think about that type of player, they have to be so precise and disciplined in their approach. That created who he is. He’s got a lot of fight. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP. – Xander Schauffele	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It catches up to you. You just don't talk about it as a coach, you try to do things to help them. You know, have shorter practices, challenge them, try to keep them on edge. ... It's not all physical. The mental piece is so important. – Mason Gillis	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
See if you can do the new thing for 21 days in a row, when you set goals for shorter periods of time( 21 days vs. an entire year), you will feel more successful as you go. From there, you can more easily build on the momentum of success. – Annalicia Niemela	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Ms. Rogers, if I wore flat shoes with a shorter hat and you wore heels, don’t you think it would balance out? – Ginger Rogers	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The earlier they are applied, the shorter the time they are needed. – Miguel Hernán	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Taser is yellow ; the firearm is black, the Taser has a stocky body to The Taser compared to the Glock handgun. The grip of The Taser is shorter and wider than The Glock. – Sam McGinnis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Future studies will be needed to explore the relationship between women’s history of breastfeeding and cognitive performance in larger, more geographically diverse groups of women. It is important to better understand the health implications of breastfeeding for women, given that women today breastfeed less frequently and for shorter time periods than was practiced historically. – Molly Fox	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I am encouraged and compelled to really come to grips with how short time is, and my time is probably even shorter. – David Lee Roth	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Some went a little more in depth than needed but still funny, his set seemed to be on the shorter side. – Ron Michelli	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It's got a much bigger mirror than we've ever had on an X-ray telescope and it's going to let us get higher resolution looks in much shorter observation times, so, the picture we are starting to get from the data at the moment is going to become much clearer with these new observatories. – Dan Wilkins	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's so much more virus around, people who are infected have such high viral loads, but even short periods of time -- five minutes, seven minutes, you don't even have to be within six feet, for people who are unvaccinated, they are getting infected with much, much shorter exposure. – Ashish Jha	Found on CNN 2 years ago

If they made diving boards six inches shorter, think how much sooner you'd be in the water.

– Piet Hein

added by dan.ohad
11 months ago

This is [ reflective ] of the fact that the games are shorter, from a time perspective, we’re probably looking at selling beer for the same amount of time by extending to the eighth inning that we did last year through the seventh.

– Rick Schlesinger

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In coming decades, winter — as most people understand it — will get shorter and warmer, with less snow and more rain, this poses a serious threat to winter recreation: snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and downhill skiing.

– Robert Wilson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The shorter flight times, the higher altitudes, the better pressurization – a lot of things we brought out with the 707 were revolutionary, the 747 furthered that same direction, but you can’t ignore what the 707 did.

– Brien Wygle

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Because the court is smaller, the paddle is shorter and lighter than a tennis racquet, and the ball is made out of plastic, so it’s very easy to learn and control for most people starting out.

– Ernie Medina

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was crazy. The earthquake felt more violent this time, it was shorter, but more violent. My refrigerator moved two feet. Things came out of the refrigerator. There’s a crack in my wall from the violence of it.

– Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was shorter, but more violent. My refrigerator moved two feet. Things came out of the refrigerator. There’s a crack in my wall from the violence of it.

– Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Flaps on the top of boxes are getting shorter, or the box itself is thinner, two years ago these changes may have been minor. Now they are increasingly impactful to companies.

– Lisa Pruett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So, I do think that opportunity to engage in this one tool of, not just direct action but also mass non-violent action as a means of change which we know is pretty effective — the window for doing something in that vein is getting shorter.

– Varshini Prakash

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Electricity is not only kind of a lower-cost solution here, but is also more immune to these shorter-term volatility events, which, just on the level of a consumer homeowner, that's painful, people are already feeling the effects of inflation. And then this short-term volatility where gas prices are up and natural gas prices are up. It's painful, and it really hurts people's pocketbooks.

– Sam Calisch

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If your shadow is shorter than you are, seek shade.

– The American Academy of Dermatology

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

In addition, overeating or consuming a lot of calories in a shorter period is linked with an increased risk of memory-related problems and overall cognitive impairment, overeating causes obesity that contributes to diabetes, high blood pressure and heart diseases, which are believed to be further causing Alzheimer’s and other brain illnesses.

– Susan Kelly

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Baseball games are getting longer and slower, but our attention spans are shorter, we live in a TikTok world. People can get unbelievable entertainment with a flick of their finger. How do you create something that matches that ?

– Jesse Cole

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You look at his game and what he’s accomplished, he’s a shorter guy, like the old-school type. If you’re in trouble, chip out and hit your wedges close and putt really well. If you think about that type of player, they have to be so precise and disciplined in their approach. That created who he is. He’s got a lot of fight. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.

– Xander Schauffele

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It catches up to you. You just don't talk about it as a coach, you try to do things to help them. You know, have shorter practices, challenge them, try to keep them on edge. ... It's not all physical. The mental piece is so important.

– Mason Gillis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

See if you can do the new thing for 21 days in a row, when you set goals for shorter periods of time( 21 days vs. an entire year), you will feel more successful as you go. From there, you can more easily build on the momentum of success.

– Annalicia Niemela

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Ms. Rogers, if I wore flat shoes with a shorter hat and you wore heels, don’t you think it would balance out?

– Ginger Rogers

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The earlier they are applied, the shorter the time they are needed.

– Miguel Hernán

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Taser is yellow ; the firearm is black, the Taser has a stocky body to The Taser compared to the Glock handgun. The grip of The Taser is shorter and wider than The Glock.

– Sam McGinnis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Future studies will be needed to explore the relationship between women’s history of breastfeeding and cognitive performance in larger, more geographically diverse groups of women. It is important to better understand the health implications of breastfeeding for women, given that women today breastfeed less frequently and for shorter time periods than was practiced historically.

– Molly Fox

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am encouraged and compelled to really come to grips with how short time is, and my time is probably even shorter.

– David Lee Roth

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Some went a little more in depth than needed but still funny, his set seemed to be on the shorter side.

– Ron Michelli

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's got a much bigger mirror than we've ever had on an X-ray telescope and it's going to let us get higher resolution looks in much shorter observation times, so, the picture we are starting to get from the data at the moment is going to become much clearer with these new observatories.

– Dan Wilkins

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's so much more virus around, people who are infected have such high viral loads, but even short periods of time -- five minutes, seven minutes, you don't even have to be within six feet, for people who are unvaccinated, they are getting infected with much, much shorter exposure.

– Ashish Jha

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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