Word: succinctness
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This Is Blair's Darkest Hour, shouts one headline. Leak Reveals Dithering PM Is Out Of Touch, says another, while a third is more succinct: The Embattled Mr. Blair. But only the last one was printed during the most recent of Tony Blair's many crises. The others ran even before the British Prime Minister led his party to a second landslide victory in the 2001 election. Blair can always take comfort that whatever consumes the political class in Westminster - like the current flap over his arrogant announcement, in a press release and without prior consultation, that he planned...
...Handbook for Students’ policy on student pets is succinct: “No student may keep an animal in a building owned or leased by the College.” I never knew the specific rule; I always figured that a friendly pet would add light and cheer to the sun-deprived dorm life of Harvard. My 13 roommates over the years agreed. Oh how wrong we were. For future reference, although pets are fun and a great distraction from schoolwork, they are also expensive, hellish to move on vacations, and incredibly time-consuming. College students have...
...Sensing another linguistic breakdown, I backtracked, checking how my question had been rendered into Kurdish, and whether the gesture had anything to do with the answer. In fact, the translation was right on, and the gesture was a succinct analysis of Ansar theology: They had approached Islam ass-forward. Ansar's philosophy, explained one Sufi, was one of "hate, hate, hate...
Harvard coach Katey Stone’s comment on the challenge of beating the same team four times was succinct...
Junior Ladd Fritz was more succinct...