In his last year at school he had learned shorthand, which was an ideal qualification for this post.

He spoke of the need to learn shorthand, kept emphasising the need to get on with people.

She then moved with her parents to Huddersfield, where she learned shorthand and typing.

At the time he held his first newspaper job, and soon started writing articles, while learning shorthand and German on the side.

He had learned shorthand back at Ajmer which helped him.

Alex Hammond, his first editor, sent him to business school to learn shorthand.

She played comic roles on stage, learned shorthand, and even opened her own typewriting business.

To help recover from his injuries the young man learned typing and shorthand before joining a shipyard.

Circumstances dictated that the young women learn shorthand and typing, but they still went to balls.

As a boy he learned shorthand, in order to take down sermons.