Word: succinct
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...ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JUDAISM edited by Geoffrey Wigoder (Macmillan; $75). The publisher of 1987's indispensable 16-volume Encyclopedia of Religion is back with this succinct one-volume compendium of Jewish topics, from Abortion to Zion. Virtues: clarity for nonspecialists and balance between modern concepts and respect for tradition...
...speaks her mind. And Fleet Street's columnists speak theirs, making the high-profile Lady Antonia a high-priority target. A succinct explanation for this targeting is offered by the London Daily Mail's senior feature writer, Geoffrey Levy: "She's an aristocrat. She's beautiful. She's a celebrity. And she is a successful writer. She is an irresistible target." Her father, the seventh Earl of Longford, sums up Fleet Street's anti-Antoniasm in a word: "Jealousy...