Word: succinctness
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...really cares what you did over the summer, so plan a succinct summary of your activities. This should ideally be about 20 to 40 words. (If you went abroad last semester, 20 will suffice.) For example, you might say, “I spent most of the time saving Africans and working on my Haki Sack game. Did you see the Entourage finale?” Something like that will really cover all the bases. Ideally you would follow this up by removing a crocheted sack from your pocket and performing a “Double Around the World...
...OFFERED A REMARKABLY SUCCINCT but subtle examination of Lincoln that focused on the key aspects of that American icon and the important people in his life. For more than 50 years, I have been fascinated by the Civil War, Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the issues surrounding slavery. If your report had been available years ago, I could have saved the tuition for a couple of undergraduate and graduate courses as well as a few feet of Lincoln books in my library. Ah, but the fun is in the reading and discovering what Lincoln the man reveals...
...Lincoln issue allowed Civil War buffs at TIME to indulge their passion. Graphics director Jackson Dykman scoured dozens of histories to present a succinct picture of Lincoln as a micromanaging commander who sacked seven generals before settling on Ulysses S. Grant. Deputy art director Cynthia Hoffman and photo researcher Jessica Cruz sifted through the imagery of a wartime era more powerfully documented than any before it. Reporters Andrea Dorfman and Deirdre van Dyk immersed themselves in new scholarship. Says Painton: "Lincoln is fascinating because the more you dig, the more layers you find." In fact, we hope you'll visit...
Squeezed into eight relatively succinct hours, Arthur Hopcraft's adaptation tidies up the sprawling novel a bit. One regrets the loss of a few of Dickens' colorful minor characters, along with much of his humor. (Where, for instance, is Mrs. Jellyby, that ardent philanthropist who ignores her sorry children while campaigning to help the natives of Borrioboola-Gha?) Bleak House was, perhaps, not meant to be quite as bleak as this...
...Terms like kaumatua (tribal elder) and taonga (cultural treasures) have come into play because they express concepts for which there's no English equivalent, says Macalister. But some words have been picked up because they're more economical than English. Ngati, which denotes a tribal group, "gives you a succinct way of expressing a community of interests," Macalister says. "So you get ngati nimby, or ngati cappuccino, for caf? society." Other words have a richer spread of meanings: "Aroha, for example, covers more than love. It also has the sense of affection, warmth and goodwill" - so people will talk...