And hang on to that script just in case this falls through or the President's announcement is mercifully short.

The morning staff meeting was mercifully short and produced no anthropology cases.

His 24 days in the center were mercifully short, considering that detainees once languished there for up to three years.

The silence that followed was mercifully short, as one of Rose's assistants arrived with a girl in tow.

Smith- back tensed for a fight he hoped would be mercifully short.

They exchanged few words along the drive, and it was mercifully short.

The best that could be said was that their pain had been mercifully short.

Say this for the Russian presidential campaign - it will be mercifully short.

At 90 minutes it's mercifully short, but watch it only if you're not easily disgusted.

The trip to the station house was mercifully short.