The number is actually derived from a short prayer invoking the name of God.
Even Nigel Short became a household name on the strength of completely failing to beat Garry Kasparov at that least glamorous of all sports, chess, in 1993.
So how did a slender 33-year-old woman in panther leggings, with one short story to her name, get teed up to be the next big thing in publishing?
The short story: in the name of customer privacy the EU is insisting upon opt outs from cookies on websites.
Mr. Longueuil graduated from Northeastern University and, as his bid to make the 2002 U.S. Olympic Team in Salt Lake City as a speedskater fell short, he began making a name for himself as a wireless analyst.
Though Baucus specifically rejected the assault rifle ban, he stopped short of mentioning expanded background checks by name.
Flo, short for Florence, was also the name of Reg Smythe's mother.
ECONOMIST: Reg Smythe, creator of Andy Capp, died on June 13th, aged 80
If there are lots of kids, this is a great time to pull the previously mentioned present sack out, reach in the bag, call out a name, and have a short visit with Santa.
And, of course, Albert Einstein, whose very name we use as a short-hand for describing someone as a genius, was a lousy student. (As were many successful CEOs and entrepreneurs.) He literally failed his way through academics.
It turns out that the origin of the phrase is hard to ascertain (note to Wiki), but it was popularized by a short lived tv series of the same name about innovative websites and online design that attempted to merge new and old media models.
And that's a problem--the temptation to hook up a hot name with most any product under the sun, while profitable in the short run, only leads to a dilution of the athlete's brand name after a while, experts say.
Presumably, Rich Armitage's name will not be gracing any short-lists for powerful jobs from now on.
This pitch is short, concise and clearly states what the name of the company is and what they do.
We know a great deal about the short-term effects of Xanax (generic name is alprazolam) and other benzodiazepine medications on the brain.
If so, a name will be added to the short scroll of those who have radically altered Britain's constitution: that of Robin Finlayson Cook.
Markets and economies have seemingly become addicted to bailouts and are completely resistant to the idea of short-term pain or failure in the name of more productive and healthier long-term economic growth.
Under the proposed changes, plants would be able to release up to 5, 000 pounds of one chemical and no longer report details of the release--just the name of the chemical on the short form.
Novolog is the brand name of one the newer types of very short acting insulins known as insulin aspart.
President Bush and congressional lawmakers have vowed to come up with a bipartisan plan to help jumpstart the economy, and in press conferences throughout the week, they have extended an olive branch in the name of providing a fast-acting, short-term fix.
The McCain-Feingold legislation would curb unlimited campaign contributions to political parties and restrain spending by parties and outside groups on so-called "issue ads" that attack candidates by name but escape legal limits by stopping just short of advocating a vote against the candidate.
Since the campaign season is so short, they often look for candidates who will have good name recognition.
Previously known as "fam trips, " short for "familiarization trips, " the program and the name both were casualties of September 11.
CNN: Program will put air traffic controllers back in the skies
Networking giant Cisco is short for San Francisco and enterprise software maker Oracle was the name of a CIA project the founders previously worked on.
John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), would curb unlimited campaign contributions to political parties and restrain spending by parties and outside groups on so-called "issue ads" that attack candidates by name, but escape legal limits by stopping just short of advocating a vote against the candidate.
Its name: Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me for short.
Blizzard All-Stars remains extremely short on details, and one hopes they come up with a better name for the game when it does launch, but Blizzard is almost certainly devoting resources to that project.
If you produce a short-term memory -- if you look up a telephone number you just remember for a short period of time (or) you meet somebody and remember their name briefly -- you have a transient change in the strength of communication.
The defendant, with short cropped hair and goatee beard, was then brought in and confirmed his name to the court.
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