She went out, took shorthand, typed up letters and sent them out.

A secretary who types, takes shorthand and finds files can now design reports.

But Momma was miles away, learning how to type and take shorthand.

"Tomorrow I could sit at a typewriter and take shorthand," she said, flanked by her lawyers.

She was the only secretary he knew who could still take shorthand.

The lawyer asks her to take shorthand, perhaps to see if she can or, more likely, to prove a point.

Taking shorthand in a conference about some guy's will.

Just you wait, by this time next year we'll be able to take perfect shorthand.

The young woman did nothing but sit in the church gallery taking shorthand.

I can still take shorthand," she said, "but no one has asked for it in years.