Deborah Solomon's exchange with Jean Baudrillard (Nov. 20) was brief, direct, informative and interesting.
Instead, Mr Rouhani had brief direct talks here with the French President Francois Hollande.
Afterward, he would send in his articles through Western Union, all of them bearing what a former colleague described as his "commitment to succinct, precise, brief, direct writing".
Couched in very brief, direct terms, a lettre de cachet simply commanded the recipient to obey the orders therein without delay, giving no explanation.
After a brief direct examination during which he told a prosecutor he found it troubling that money he gave was not spent on ballot security, Mr. Bloomberg was cross-examined by one of Mr. Haggerty's lawyers, Raymond R. Castello.
In spite of its name, the noise Twitter makes is not like birdsong, which tends to be joyful and sustained, but is brief, direct and occasionally startling – a shout, a whisper, a giggle, a wolf-whistle.
I remember when a much-loved family member died, a brief, direct note from her doctor brought much comfort, not because he touched briefly down to earth, but because he had noticed and enjoyed his patient's character, and so understood our grief at losing her.
By offering a brief, direct apology well before the rest of the story's stranger details unfolded, Williams says Petraeus has added strategic heft to the traditional post-affair apology.
The abbreviated IQ was chosen due to the young age of the children which only allows a relatively brief direct assessment.
Gonzalez et al. [ 2] suggest that the best way for professionals to manage diabetes distress may simply be to have brief, direct and ongoing conversations with patients.
