Nevertheless, this famously silent service and its denizens of the deep remain a mystery to most of their countrymen and, to this day, the Ministry of Defence responds to all enquiries about submarine operations with a terse: "The MoD does not comment on submarine operations".
But Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Election Day told officials to drop the name, and the Pentagon sent out a terse news release a day later saying the operation was now simply to be known as border support.
While common sense dictates that aviation needs a lingua franca, a language as rich in vocabulary and nuance as English presents some challenges in aviation operations, where communication is supposed to be terse and unambiguous.
Israeli Army officials, in a terse statement, acknowledged that they opened fire in an "initiated operation," after spotting "armed Palestinians".
The first news of the rescue operation broke here at 3 A.M. with a terse announcement from the army spokesman, who said only that the hostages had been freed and were being returned to Israel.
It's disappointing that we've lost our U.S. affiliate, but what are you going to do?" Executives at top competitors, such as Cushman & Wakefield which remains the largest privately held real estate service firm and Jones Lang LaSalle, declined to comment, although JLL released a terse statement saying that the deal would have no effect on continuing operations.
As if to underline Mr. Holbrooke's worst fears about the crumbling of peacekeeping, Secretary General Annan told the Security Council in his terse report today that he is being forced by circumstances to rethink the Congo operation.
"Their leaders directed terrorist operations out of this location," the Pentagon press secretary, Peter Cook, said last Thursday, in a terse four-paragraph announcement of the strike.
The mixture of defiance of, and partial compliance with, American requests appeared aimed at pursuing the completion of a military operation that was broadly supported by Israelis while appearing to heed President Bush's increasingly terse requests that it end.
