Characterized by a skirt that falls very high on the thigh, the shortest option.

But there is no other option, short of fielding equal or superior numbers ourselves.

Well, here's the big news: Starbucks took the short option off its menu boards more than a decade ago.

We might get the ball to him on a short option because there was no one better coming out of the backfield to catch a pass.

"Everyone wants the short option so they get out the spray gun," she said.

Mr. Schwalb also said that other options, short of eliminating the carts, are being studied.

Now, their tone has changed as the administration pursues what it says is an effort to exhaust all options short of war.

That was really inexcusable, even more so than in 1956, when there were not really military options short of starting a world war.

The hard-liners grit their teeth and stick to the party because they have even fewer options, short of taking power by force.

The average walk, Mr. Maynard says, is six to eight miles a day, but there are shorter options.