Word: curtness
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...gentleman who only jumped hedges Viceroy Curzon then wrote a letter, offering to sell him 60 horses, six state landaus and other equipment of the Viceregal stables at extortionate prices. This was followed by a curt Curzon cable: unless Lord Minto accepted the terms by return cable Curzon would sell everything privately. From her husband's diary of that date Lady Minto quotes...
...TIME will pick a Man of the Year, print his picture on the cover of the issue of Jan. 7, 1935. Meanwhile, TIME'S editors are more interested in nominations than in wagers. Let readers state their choices, documented with clear, curt, concise reasons...
...young tutor in a Harvard House is a sadly abused individual. The other day in Leverett House, one of the newer resident gentlemen attempted to walk nonchalantly into the library without showing his card to the haughty librarian. The latter immediately accosted him with a curt, "Where's your card...
...Hanfstaengl to keep the proposal secret, until it had been passed upon in accordance with customary procedure. It cannot be denied that the Press Agent has a flair for publicity. However, is letter, making the offer is couched in the friendliest of terms, in no sense meriting so curt and caustic a reply. It should be noted that the proposed scholarship was to have been "assigned for work covering one year, six months to be spent in Germany's art center, Munich, the remainder in any other German university...
That indeed is a pleasant thought Who would believe that someone, somewhere in the world has felt just as we have when we received a curt little notice beginning, "We are aorry to inform you--". It's a small world...