But shorter terms for software patents would at least be a step in the right direction.
But shorter term, at least looking back more than a decade, it certainly has existed.
"We know it will be longer than one week, but shorter than one year, " Dr. Hazen said.
It is a safe bet that meetings chaired by him would be less exciting but shorter than those run by Mr Cox.
In many cases the men watch the same number of shows but for shorter spans.
The AK-47-style pistols resemble the AK-47 assault rifle, but with shorter barrels and without a rear stock.
Some observers said quarter horses, which are faster than thoroughbreds but run shorter distances, might be ideal for a jockeyless race and could probably be trained to finish.
But before you rush out to get your telomeres stretched - were such a process possible - it is worth pointing out that the creatures they have been working with are not humans but altogether shorter-lived zebra finches.
By skipping a single missing letter, the drug makes a shorter but effective version of dystrophin.
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Consider, though, that the president approved in 2010 the Alberta Clipper, a shorter but similar pipeline.
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It's a little longer than I thought, but a lot shorter than some of those doctors told me it was going to be.
Yes, you will be busier but for a shorter time period.
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The suit was refiled the following day, once again urging the court to file an injunction against the USADA but 55 pages shorter than the original.
But although a shorter term would make the capital requirement cheaper, it would also undermine the incentive for the train operator to invest in long-term improvements in the service they provide.
But even with shorter regimens, both drugs will still have to be given with interferon alpha, the two-decade old antiviral drug made by Merck and Roche that causes nasty flu like side-effects, including fever and fatigue.
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He is 13 years younger and a few inches shorter, but also a lot less confident.
The oral version was mercifully shorter, but still left senators either snoring or scratching their heads.
Climate change is not ending whaling, but it is causing shorter seasons and extreme, unpredictable weather.
Unlike marathons and triathlons run on roads and trails, obstacle races cover far shorter distances but ask participants to do far crazier things.
The fall in employee stock-option plans in America is reducing one pressure for buybacks, but the trend towards shorter-term investment horizons is perhaps increasing pressure from another quarter.
But the plot moves so quickly and smoothly that I read it in a fraction of the time it took to complete his last novel, the slightly shorter (but much heavier) Anathem.
So, and it was a more difficult decision than one might assume, I opted to accept my fate: I would yield to the years and content myself with ever-shorter, but hopefully more accurate, shots.
Also noteworthy was the new P2 chassis Alienware employed for this model, which improves on older cases both aesthetically -- it sports a glossier paint job and more configurable lights to play with -- as well as functionally, with the shorter-but-deeper design intended to support extra-long graphics cards.
There are others, such as methane, which has a shorter life span but traps heat more effectively.
At 18 minutes, it was not too short, but definitely one of the shorter ones (the Gettysburg address was 2 minutes).
Haile Gebrselassie will show up for a shorter race, but as an asthmatic, he says he will not risk running the marathon.
So the MK 9 looks massive but is actually a foot shorter than the 2001 Town Car, and its cockpit is quite space-efficient.
One risk between now and then is that the workers will feel not rewarded by the shorter working week but exploited, forced to accept the flexible working practices they have traditionally objected to.
As longboards go, the Funk Chubby is on the shorter side, but its deck extends a few inches wider than most for added stability, according to the board's designer, Brooklyn-based furniture maker Daniel Moyer.
Contrary to the obvious assumption, rising fuel prices might actually cause the use of ships for freight, as manufacturers reduce fuel use not by shipping things shorter distances, but by relying more heavily on efficient sea freight at the expense of less efficient land- and air-based modes of transport.
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