Possible Clues:

• Brief time in fashion, a nose condom
• Granny gets ring back — in practically no time
• Grandma's round - back in a very short while
• Fighting can soon end - for a very short time
• Front of plane cut and damaged externally in a very brief time
• Cannon does prove defective for a short time
• Tiny duration
• Time in which light travels one foot, approximately
• No dances? No, sadly there's very little time
• Flash as article penetrated front of rocket — nearly died