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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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." ❋ George Freeman (1914)

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." ❋ George Bancroft (1845)

Thirty years later GW described that day very tersely. ❋ David A. Clary (2011)

In the letter to Healey, Lansley responded tersely to Labour ministers who criticised the lack of a national advertising campaign. ❋ Unknown (2011)

“I need to speak to you both, tonight,” he said tersely. ❋ Kristi Cook (2011)

But the administration responded with a tersely worded letter indicating that they had healthcare reform under control. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ James Scarborough (2011)

I think TJ summed it up tersely, but rather nicely there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Matt J. Rossano (2011)

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. ❋ Francis X. Rocca (2011)

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. ❋ Giada Zampano (2011)

“Your behavior is out of control,” I said tersely. ❋ Shamara Ray (2011)