"Hello," came the voice, sharp, crisply efficient as Smith had remembered it, with little accent and no trace of regionalism.

The guard at the access, crisply efficient in his spotless uniform, watched Heris and the others closely as he spoke into the intercom.

She had surprised everybody, including herself, by turning into a crisply efficient administrative assistant.

Tragg's voice, dry, crisply efficient, came over the line.

He seemed indifferent to the late hour as he moved among the works in the show, speaking about each one in a crisply efficient but passionate way.

The voice at the other end of the line became crisply efficient.

This survey of Garbo's films, from silents to talkies, is crisply efficient, although certain details are annoying.

There was something crisply efficient and serious about his demeanour.

And when it takes place, the movie does a crisply efficient job of suggesting that the two really have become indistinguishable.

Too bad, because Edward Zwick's ultimately sedate thriller starts out with crisply efficient style and the potential for a much more involving story.