tersely

• “The Republicans received what is described as a tersely worded letter indicating that they [Obama and the Democrats] had health care reform under control.”

  Big Dogs House

• “Against the Constitution, against the memory of the nation, against a previous decision, against a series of enactments he decided that the slave is property; that slave property is entitled to no less protection than any other property; that the Constitution upholds it in every Territory against any act of a local Legislature and even against Congress itself; or, as the President for that term tersely promulgated the saying: "Kansas is as much a slave State as South Carolina or Georgia; slavery, by virtue of the Constitution, exists in every Territory.”

  Men of Maryland

• “Constitution, against the memory of the nation, against a previous decision, against a series of enactments, he decided that the slave is property; that slave property is entitled to no less protection than any other property; that the Constitution upholds it in every Territory against any act of a local legislature, and even against Congress itself; or, as the President for that term tersely promulgated the saying, "Kansas is as much a slave State as South Carolina or Georgia; slavery, by virtue of the Constitution, exists in every Territory.”

  Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln Delivered at the request of both Houses of Congress of America

• “Our experience of Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter, directed by Landon Johnson for Vespertine Productions at The Flight Theatre at The Complex Theatres, is not so much that of a fly on a wall; a fly's buzz would unbalance Johnson's tersely orchestrated suspense tale of two hit men in a Birmingham basement.”

  The Huffington Post: James Scarborough: Hollywood Fringe: The Dumb Waiter, Vespertine Productions & Girl Band in the Men's Room, Dirty Blonde Productions

• ““I need to speak to you both, tonight,” he said tersely.”

  Simon & Schuster: Haven

• “The measure—tersely laid out in two paragraphs a 115-page bill outlining fiscal cuts aimed at balancing Italy's budget by 2014—would have allowed individuals and companies convicted in civil cases and ordered to pay civil damages of more than €20 million to suspend those payments until all the case's appeals processes are exhausted.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Berlusconi Scraps Measure Seen as Favorable to His Firm

• “I think TJ summed it up tersely, but rather nicely there.”

  just got flier from an outdoor store and there is an ad for a "1945 russian sks semi auto rifle" the caliber is 7.62x39mm.

• “Against this backdrop, evolution seemed far more manageable, as Wright tersely put it in his essay "Hume is more dangerous than Darwin" see Giberson p.”

  The Huffington Post: Matt J. Rossano: Creationism: That (Not So) Old Time Religion

• ““Your behavior is out of control,” I said tersely.”

  Simon & Schuster: Recipe for Love

• “Room after room of 2,500-year-old vases, bronze armor, gold jewelry, clay votive objects—labeled tersely in Italian, with an occasional bilingual placard explaining the archeological context in awkward, over-literal English translation.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Joy of Museums That Live in the Past

Show 10 more examples...