| Western images serve as shorthand images of patriotism, democracy, rugged individualism, and a host of other virtues. |
| Christopher Hitchens may have learned shorthand and taken better notes than the rest of us, but I doubt it. |
| Otherwise, he would not be able to record the thoughts of Martin O'Neill, and would have to rely on shorthand skills. |
| Getting writer's cramp in the midst of What Maisie Knew, Henry James hired a shorthand typist and his style changed accordingly. |
| Recently an auction of items belonging to Isaac Pitman, inventor of the Pitman shorthand system of writing, went up for sale. |
| He cannot read shorthand and throws Harker's encrypted writings on the fire in disgust. |
