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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of short of in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of short of in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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  1. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross:

    He was savvy enough to stop just short of implicating himself in a conspiracy, he doesn't appear to be a stupid individual, just an extremely violent one.

  2. Dave Lavery:

    Today's flight was what we planned for, and yet it was nothing short of amazing, with this flight, we are demonstrating critical capabilities that will enable the addition of an aerial dimension to future Mars missions.

  3. G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy:

    Nietzche started a nonsensical idea that men had once sought as good what we now call evil; if it were so, we could not talk of surpassing or even falling short of them.

  4. Rose Marie:

    Bugsy Siegel and I became very good friends, bugsy Siegel was Bugsy Siegel to me. I worked for Bugsy Siegel for two weeks at the Flamingo. I opened the Flamingo. It was the first hotel I opened. Las Vegas [ back then ] was just a desert with two hotels … Las Vegas was Xavier Cugat, Jimmy Durante and Rose Marie. Bugsy Siegel was running short of money. And the mob got very mad at Bugsy Siegel and would n’t send Bugsy Siegel any more money. That’s why they called Bugsy Siegel Bugsy Siegel. Because they thought Bugsy Siegel was crazy … But Bugsy Siegel helped opened up the Flamingo. All the stars of Hollywood were there that night … It was one hell of a show.

  5. Goa Kerle:

    The world is not short of whatever you are seeking. If you fail to get it, you may have refused to master the art of getting it.

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