Neither was Henrietta hoydenish like Jo, who frankly wished she were a boy and had deliberately shortened her name, which, like Henrietta's, was the feminine form of a boy's name.

Thus, the Span of its ossification was shortened and the center's ability to `` catch up '' in ossification is demonstrated.

At the age of ten, when he was working as a newsboy in the Loop, he was knocked down by a streetcar which resulted in his permanently shortened leg.

The afternoon edition was soon dropped and the unwieldy name shortened to Boston Herald American, with the Sunday edition called the Sunday Herald Advertiser.

Ctesias related that Artaxerxes II was also called Arsicas which is understood as a similar shortening with the Persian suffix-ke that is applied to shortened names.

The services were at the same time simplified and shortened, and the use of the whole Psalter every week ( which had become a mere theory in the Roman Breviary, owing to its frequent supersession by saints ' day services ) was made a reality.

Both production and productivity rose as a result of new equipment, while the average working week was shortened.

The club was originally called the Chicago White Stockings, after the nickname abandoned by the Cubs, and the name was soon shortened to Chicago White Sox, believed to have been because the paper would shorten it to Sox in the headlines.

The carbine was originally a lighter, shortened weapon developed for the cavalry.

For example, the Russian Model 1891 rifle with an 800 mm ( 31. 5 inch ) barrel was shortened to 730 mm ( 28. 75 in.

(; Vserossiyskaya chrezvychaynaya komissiya po bor ' bye s kontrrevolyutsiyei i sabotazhem ), but was often shortened to " Cheka " or " VCheka ".

At the end of the 1980s, the word " cartoon " was shortened, and the word " toon " came into usage with the live action / animated feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 ), followed two years later by the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures ( 1990 ).

There was some criticism from various parties, including from public-key cryptography pioneers Martin Hellman and Whitfield Diffie, citing a shortened key length and the mysterious " S-boxes " as evidence of improper interference from the NSA.

The years of potential life lost ( YPLL ) is a simple estimate of the number of years that a person's life was shortened due to a disease.

The latter quote was shortened to im Felde unbesiegt as a semi-official slogan of the Reichswehr.

On top of the console was a " contraption " ( shortened to " trap ") tray used to hold whistles, klaxons, and cowbells, thus drum kits were dubbed " trap kits.

Also, the letter can be phonetically respelled, for example, the word " piss " was shortened to " pee " in this way.

American football, on the other hand, took a different approach: 12 yards of end zone were added to each end of the field, but in return, the playing field was shortened from 110 yards to 100, resulting in the physical size of the field being only slightly longer than before.

One of these offices was princeps senatus, (" first man of the Senate ") and became shortened into Augustus ' chief honorific, Princeps ( usually translated as " first citizen ") form which the modern English word and title prince is descended.

Perhaps the most significant changes are in the pelvic region, where the long downwards facing iliac blade was shortened and became wide as a requirement for keeping the center of gravity stable while walking.

With the individual satellites being associated with the name Navstar ( as with the predecessors Transit and Timation ), a more fully encompassing name was used to identify the constellation of Navstar satellites, Navstar-GPS, which was later shortened simply to GPS.

These were differently sized in different countries, for instance, the historical French acre was 4, 221 square metres, whereas in Germany as many variants of " acre " existed as there were German states.

The European population of New South Wales at his departure was 4, 221, of whom 3, 099 were convicts.

In 221 BC, Ying Zheng, who was king of Qin at the time, proclaimed himself shi huangdi ( 始皇帝 ), which translates as " first emperor ".

He was Roman Consul five times ( 233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC ) and was twice Dictator, in 221 and again in 217 BC.

The population density was 221. 0 people per square mile ( 85. 3 / km < sup > 2 </ sup >).

Upon the assassination of Hasdrubal ( 221 BC ), Hannibal was proclaimed commander-in-chief by the army and confirmed in his appointment by the Carthaginian government.

Hasdrubal was assassinated around the same time ( 221 BC ), bringing Hannibal to the fore.

The Qin Dynasty ( Chinese: 秦朝 ; pinyin: Qín Cháo ) was the first ruling dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BC.

** Bill Clinton, Democrat, was impeached on December 19, 1998, by the House of Representatives on articles charging perjury ( specifically, lying to a federal grand jury ) by a 228 – 206 vote, and obstruction of justice by a 221 – 212 vote.

An amendment to the bill by Lord Teverson that would have ensured that " all parts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly must be included in constituencies that are wholly in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly " was defeated by 250 to 221 votes in the House of Lords with 95 % of the aforementioned parties rejecting it.

It evolved at about the same time as Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism, and was one of the four main philosophic schools during the Spring and Autumn Period ( from 770 BC to 480 BC ) and the Warring States Period ( from 479 BC to 221 BC ).

The First Emperor Qin Shi Huang ( circa 221 BC, who unified the 7 pre-Imperial Kingdoms ) was buried under a large mound outside modern day Xi ' an.

The Australian market version was only one with different horsepower rating at 300 PS ( 221 kW / 296 hp ) due to preparation for possible low grade fuel.

Hasdrubal was assassinated around the same time ( 221 BC ), bringing Hannibal to the fore.

During the Warring States Period in China ( 481 – 221 BC ), warfare lost its honorable, gentlemen's duty that was found in the previous era of the Spring and Autumn Period, and became more practical, competitive, cut-throat, and efficient for gaining victory.

At the age of 20 years and 221 days he was the youngest hijacker who participated in the attacks.

Passed by a vote of 2, 221 to 88 of the assembled bishops, this declaration was promulgated on October 28, 1965, by Pope Paul VI.

The town population was 2, 221 in the 2000 United States Census.

The Han Dynasty (; ) ( 206 BCE – 220 CE ) was an imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty ( 221 – 207 BCE ) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms ( 220 – 280 CE ).

China's first imperial dynasty was the Qin Dynasty ( 221 – 206 BCE ).

The Qin Dynasty (; ) was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting from 221 to 207 BC.

On the final day 221, 554 visitors added to the more than 50 million ( 50, 306, 648 ) that attended Expo 67 at a time when Canada's population was only 20 million, setting a per-capita record for World Exhibition attendance that still stands.

Year 221 ( CCXXI ) was a common year starting on Monday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

The Art of War was one of the most widely read military treatises in the subsequent Warring States Period ( 475 – 221 BC ), a time of constant war among seven nations ( Zhao, Qi, Qin, Chu, Han, Wei and Yan ) who fought to control the vast expanse of fertile territory in Eastern China.