His succinct reply was "Ask not".
Several minutes later, I received his terse, succinct reply: "Call".
"More attention," was her unusually succinct reply, though she immediately fleshed it out with a metaphor.
There was no succinct "reply document," they said, though they pointed to the minutes of an executive meeting that said some estimates from the teams seemed too pessimistic.
When, back in December, the Palace captain Mark Hudson was asked to describe the club's new-found ethos, "Battle first, then play," was his succinct reply.
Only Bill Murray, the unsuccessful nominee for best actor, exhibited a sense of the absurdity of the occasion, replying to the standard first question "What are you in?" with the succinct reply "Boxers".
Phillips (or on one occasion an adviser) answered each letter at length, with the exception of the last query, to which the EHRC chairman gave a succinct reply: "The answer to your question is no".
The most succinct reply came from Melissa Schwartz, the deputy chief of staff and communications director for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management: The agency placed Mr. Monnett on administrative leave for reasons having nothing to do with scientific integrity, his 2006 journal article, or issues related to permitting, as has been alleged.
As if offering a succinct reply to those who wonder whether their three championships were tainted by the camera controversy, whether Belichick is somehow less of a genius than everyone thought, the Patriots clobbered the San Diego Chargers, 38-14, the same score by which they beat the Jets last week.
"Absolutely," was the 77-year-old businessman's succinct reply when asked if Fifa owed the clubs some money for their trouble.
