succinctness

The book is riddled with statistical formulae decipherable only to the area experts, but, as stated earlier, its succinctness and linguistic simplicity brings it close to a layman's radar.

As well as deciphering obscure musical terminology and combing through their plays for oblique cues for the performance of songs, Duffin offers concise biographies of each of these men, outlining with admirable succinctness their respective contributions to the formation of musical entertainment in England.

Yet, Pythagoras' theorem does not apply to triangles drawn solely in Greece, nor does Mendeleev's periodic table describe chemical elements found only in Russia, a point made by the great Russian playwright and physician Anton Chekhov with characteristic succinctness in his Notebook: "There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science."

All this the editor accomplishes in an elegant style, marked by clarity and succinctness, which encourages the reader to explore further using the wealth of additional sources used to reference and elucidate the sermons of the "Prince of Preachers." The publication is an invaluable resource for the recent resurgence of interest in Spurgeon, providing much needed material on his early pulpit orations, and will help guide toward a greater understanding of the development of his thought.

While down-to-earth succinctness does go down well on the doorstep (and wins votes), the professional pundits (mostly men), tend to dismiss this as lightweight thinking.

To be sure, it hardly bears the calligraphic succinctness or Zen-like minimalism of Zobel's later works, made when he had already imbibed oriental art traditions.

This is complicated emotional territory navigated with succinctness and precision, making what isn't said as haunting as the letters themselves." STEPHANIE POWELL

The swiftness and succinctness in staying the lower court's actions was stinging.

In other places, the succinctness of academic discussion leaves readers with a rather annoying set of unintroduced quotes and some difficulties distinguishing the author' s newer perspectives from older interpretations.

However, the succinctness, design, and layout of this book would also make it ideal for teaching--it is an excellent text that could be used to introduce upper-level students, at least those who read French and Arabic, to the use of Arabic manuscripts.

I checked the Royal Academy Spanish dictionary, which defines "house" concisely: "Building for dwelling." I reread the definition in the stupid dictionary and, indeed, compared to the succinctness of the RASD, it was a bit excessive.