In a short time, the North and South would be at war.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

When Typhoon Ketsana hit Manila this year, the crowded city's planners were stunned at the amount of rain that poured down in a short time.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

"In a short time,we realized that we were going to have 27 wells within a short walk from the house, And as of today,we have 63, with indications that will double in the next two years."

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

A short time later,state soldiers were used to break up a strike by railroad workers in New York.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

"I think Dubai went a little bit too fast and they borrowed too much money in a very short period of time."

VOA: special.2009.12.04

As a young man, Borlaug worked for a short time on forestry projects in Idaho and Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

But learning so much of it in such a short time, that's a big scramble -- and they have to know it from memory."

VOA: special.2011.07.11

Gershwin got busy. And,in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

A short time later,her family moved to Eatonville, a small town in central Florida.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

Also,in Darwin's time, the age of the Earth was estimated only in the millions of years too short a time some said for evolution to work.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

A short time later, many farms in these states failed.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

"I think that's beyond the realm of what is possible in such a short time.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Widespread fraud marred the August 20 presidential election, and international observers have voiced concern about the country's ability to hold a new election in such a short amount of time.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26