Word: succinctly
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...welcoming the American Council on Education's convention to Washington, the President made a succinct point with a personal anecdote: "I have never forgotten my shock, once, when I saw a very modern-looking village deserted in a far corner of Africa. It had been deserted because the builders put running water into all the houses. The women rebelled because there was now taken away from them their only excuse for social contact with their own kind, at the village well. I had been guilty of the very great error of putting into their minds and hearts the same...
Eden uneasily dodged questioners, indicating he was a little unsure himself of his future status, and took himself to 10 Downing Street to confer with the Prime Minister. Later, 10 Downing Street issued a succinct announcement: "As from next Monday...Mr. Anthony Eden will resume his duties as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
...Herter, 58, a lean, blond giant (6 ft. 4½ in.) with the searching eyes of an intellectual, the manners of a patrician and the pithy record of a politician, was causing a stir that rippled far beyond the shores of Massachusetts Bay. For Herter, Tom Dewey had a succinct appraisal: "He's the cream of the bottle...
...rich pages devoted to the war years that Strong's diary reaches its climax. His jeremiads against Northern politicians, his shrewd portraits of the hesitant McClellan, the mediocre Burnside and the tough-skinned Grant, his succinct and often masterful summaries of battles that had taken place a few days before-all these make his diary a major work of contemporary history...
...original species of monkeys is succinct...