The key factor in this was the brevity and accuracy of the bombardment ; the customary, protracted barrages of the day gave the defenders time to bring up reserves and evacuate forward trenches, while damaging the battlefield so badly that it was hard for attackers to advance.

The name was formerly abbreviated to TMN, which remains a common informal name and is therefore used below for brevity.

He took as his model Thucydides, whom he imitated in his truthfulness and impartiality, in the introduction of philosophizing reflections and speeches, and in the brevity of his style, sometimes bordering upon obscurity.

Jane is sometimes known as the " Nine Days ' Queen " due to the brevity of her reign.

Plain English ( sometimes referred to more broadly as plain language ) is a generic term for communication in English that emphasizes clarity, brevity, and the avoidance of technical language – particularly in relation to official government or business communication.

For brevity we will sometimes write X for Proj S.

Thames & Hudson ( also Thames and Hudson and sometimes T & H for brevity ) is a publisher of illustrated books on art, architecture, design, and visual culture.

The first oratorio to be called by that name is Pietro della Valle ’ s Oratorio della Purificazione, but due to its brevity ( only 12 minutes long ) and the fact that its other name was " dialogue ", we can see that there was much ambiguity in these names.

This name, by reason of its brevity and historic interest, received popular approval and was supposed to be a permanent fixture, but in 1882 when the railroads crossed eath other at a point four miles to the southwest of it, a fatality similar to that which happened in 1876 robbed the township of the county seat ruthlessly robbed the town of its pretty, romantic name and left it to be called by yet again another new name-Parvin.

In these lists, critic Simon Reynolds described the album as " Fifteen Cali-core paroxysms that anatomize dork-dude pangs with haiku brevity ", while Andrew Beaujon called it " Super clean, super tight, super poppy hardcore about hating your parents, riding bikes, and not wanting to ' smell your muff.

In these lists, critic Simon Reynolds described the album as " Fifteen Cali-core paroxysms that anatomize dork-dude pangs with haiku brevity ", while Andrew Beaujon called it " Super clean, super tight, super poppy hardcore about hating your parents, riding bikes, and not wanting to ' smell your muff.

The n-dimensional unit sphere — called the n-sphere for brevity, and denoted as S < sup > n </ sup > — generalizes the familiar circle ( S < sup > 1 </ sup >) and the ordinary sphere ( S < sup > 2 </ sup >).

It is interesting to note that the Latin poet Ennius, as reported by Cicero, called the heroic metre of one line versum longum, to distinguish it from the brevity of lyrical measures.

Dek Hogan of Digital Spy disliked Barrowman as Captain Jack, but called it a " particularly creepy episode of the series " despite Jack and " the brevity of Richard Wilson's neat and spooky little cameo ".

It was called into active service in 1898 for the Spanish American War, transported to Chickamauga, Georgia, Tampa, Florida and Huntsville, Alabama, but it did not see combat due to the brevity of that war.

Since brevity is the soul of ambiguity as well as wit, newspaper headlines continually provide us with amusing samples.

The Couperin `` La Steinkerque '', with its battle music, brevity, wit and refined simplicity, already shakes off Corelli and points towards the mid-century elegances that ended the baroque era.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus exhorts us to " Observe in Alcaeus the sublimity, brevity and sweetness coupled with stern power, his splendid figures, and his clearness which was unimpaired by the dialect ; and above all mark his manner of expressing his sentiments on public affairs ," while Quintilian, after commending Alcaeus for his excellence " in that part of his works where he inveighs against tyrants and contributes to good morals ; in his language he is concise, exalted, careful and often like an orator ;" goes on to add: " but he descended into wantonnness and amours, though better fitted for higher things.

" ( Book of The Life of Sir William Phips first published anonymously in London in 1697 ) And Mather then included the letter, but, for his own reasons ( surely not brevity, Magnalia is huge ) left out the first, second, and eight sections, which would seem most encouraging to the judges to carry-on with their work.

In the interest of brevity, the rest of this example uses codes, v, with only 2 bits.

Because of the brevity of his reign, Emperor Yōmei was not responsible for any radical changes in policy, but his support of Buddhism created tension with supporters of Shintoism who opposed its introduction.

As a result, it can be used with a pithiness and brevity unknown in English.

That brevity has also been connected to other unusual features: the fast pace of the first act, which has seemed to be " stripped for action "; the comparative flatness of the characters other than Macbeth ; the oddness of Macbeth himself compared with other Shakespearean tragic heroes.

The spinor / quaternion representation of rotations in 3D is becoming increasingly prevalent in computer geometry and other applications, because of the notable brevity of the corresponding spin matrix, and the simplicity with which they can be multiplied together to calculate the combined effect of successive rotations about different axes.

2, page 176a ), ` Sifra diTzni ` uta is five chapters which are included in a Great Palace and fill the entire earth ,' meaning, these five paragraphs include all the wisdom of Kabbalah ... for, Sifra diTzni ` uta is the ` little that holds the much ;' brevity with wonderful and glorious wisdom.

Despite its brevity, the First Samnite War results in the major acquisition by Rome of the rich land of Campania with its capital of Capua.

Earlier, William Stanley Jevons, a proponent of mathematical methods applied to the subject, advocated economics for brevity and with the hope of the term becoming " the recognised name of a science.

The Q code is a standardized collection of three-letter message encodings, also known as a brevity code, all of which start with the letter " Q ", initially developed for commercial radiotelegraph communication, and later adopted by other radio services, especially amateur radio.

He liked the work and spoke more than once with wry approval of the lessons in the classical virtues of brevity and precision of language he learned while drafting advertising copy.

" Lovejoy would dispatch such concerns with maximum brevity so that he could return to playing with his model trains.

In Homer's Odyssey, a digression concerning the lineage of Theoclymenus, " a prophet, sprung from Melampus ' line of seers ", sketches the epic narrative concerning Melampus with such brevity that its details must have been familiar to Homer's audience.

Many of the key features of his music — radical discontinuity, the self-contained brevity of each gesture, an attraction to wide intervals — owe much to Bailey's early fascination with Anton Webern, an influence most audible on Bailey's earliest available recordings, Pieces for Guitar ( 1966 – 67, issued on Tzadik ).

Higher lift allows accurate timing of airflow ; although even by allowing a larger volume of air to pass in the relatively larger opening, the brevity of the typical duration with a higher lift cam results in less airflow than with a cam with lower lift but more duration, all else being equal.

Under the entry for each year one or several events were listed, usually with great brevity.

According to Shrimpton, who claimed that the brevity of the skirt was due mainly to Rolfe's having insufficient material, the ensuing controversy was as much as anything to do with her having dispensed with a hat and gloves, seen as the essential accessories in such conservative society.

The play's brevity and certain aspects of its staging ( for instance, the large proportion of night-time scenes and the unusually large number of off-stage sounds ) have been taken as suggesting that the text now extant was revised for production indoors, perhaps at the Blackfriars Theatre, which the King's Men acquired in 1608.

His parting words – which Vladimir expands upon later – eloquently encapsulate the brevity of human existence: " They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.

Due to its brevity, the sound bite often overshadows the broader context in which it was spoken, and can be misleading or inaccurate.

He argues that the book's hallmarks are its restraint, brevity and readability, which downplays the extravagant and mythical aspects of the disaster and instead puts in the foreground the stories of the people on the ship.

Innocent IV issued the Bull Incumbit Nobis on 16 December 1243, an essentially pastoral letter which, despite its brevity, basically served as the magna carta initiating the foundation of the Order as it is known today.

Patricia Neal won Best Actress, despite the brevity of the role which might have relegated her to Best Supporting Actress, and Melvyn Douglas won the first of his two Best Supporting Actor statuettes.

In his 1715 essay Linear Perspective, Taylor set forth the true principles of the art in an original and more general form than any of his predecessors ; but the work suffered from the brevity and obscurity which affected most of his writings, and needed the elucidation bestowed on it in the treatises of John Joshua Kirby ( 1754 ) and Daniel Fournier ( 1761 ).

A revival of sorts of the Futurist movement began in 1988 with the creation of the Neo-Futurist style of theatre in Chicago, which utilizes Futurism's focus on speed and brevity to create a new form of immediate theatre.

The first extant Korean text to mention Gija ( the Korean pronunciation of Jizi ) was Kim Busik's Samguk Sagi ( completed in 1145 ), which claimed that Gija had been enfeoffed in Haedong ( 海東: Korea ) by the Zhou court, but commented that this account was uncertain because of the brevity of the sources.

Cameos are often not credited because of their brevity, or a perceived mismatch between the celebrity's stature and the film or TV show in which he or she is appearing.

Common vanitas symbols include skulls, which are a reminder of the certainty of death ; rotten fruit, which symbolizes decay ; bubbles, which symbolize the brevity of life and suddenness of death ; smoke, watches, and hourglasses, which symbolize the brevity of life ; and musical instruments, which symbolize brevity and the ephemeral nature of life.