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Sheff may refer to:
People:
- David Sheff, American author of New York Times best-selling books
- Don Sheff (born 1931), American former competition swimmer
- Robert Nathan Sheff (born 1945), avant-garde composer and pianist
- Stanley Sheff, Hollywood-born director and writer
- Will Sheff (born 1976), the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River
Other:
- Sheff, Indiana, the name of an interlocking tower that controlled the crossing of two railroads
- Sheff v. O'Neill, a 1989 lawsuit and the subsequent 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court case
- Gluskin Sheff (TSX: GS), a Canadian independent wealth management firm
Usage examples of "sheff".
Tonight, Sheff was using his real pals - Quickie and those others who liked to shoot guns as much as they did craps.
From behind the desk, Sheff purred satisfied words while he gestured toward Quickie, who was standing by, a cigarette dangling from his lips.
The assassins hurried to their task, while Quickie joined Sheff and the other thugs in the outer hallway.
One thug, Quickie, managed to break loose from Hawkeye and run after Sheff, who was cutting through the apartment.
His name was Sheff Hassell, and he rated variously as a dealer in legitimate commodities to an owner of gambling joints.
The reason the name interested The Shadow was because Sheff, alone of the men Cardona listed, had an ironclad alibi - on a night when other crooks had difficulty proving their whereabouts.
Neither Sheff nor any of his familiar associates could be the man in the Mackinaw who had played the electrician game.
It surprised Clyde, at first, to learn that his chief wanted him to drop the Suffolk story in order to garner facts about an ex-racketeer named Sheff Hassell.
That certain crooks, notably Sheff Hassell, had sought to harm Leander Hobgood was a definite fact.
Assuming that Sheff Hassell was out to redeem past losses, he would be equally eager to acquire future gain.
Since Sheff happened to be busy in a room he called his office, the crowd invited the visiting reporters to join a crap game while they were waiting.
BEHIND a desk sat Sheff Hassell, a smooth, darkish man whose face, like his glossy black hair, looked oily.
Figure me, Sheff Hassell, buying an option on an invention and having the papers disappear right out of this desk!
It indicated that Sheff suspected an eavesdropper without fully realizing it.
Always an opportunist, ever on the alert, Sheff Hassell proved his competency in an emergency situation.