Representative Henry B. Gonzalez, Democrat of Texas, acknowledged the mailing with a two-paragraph letter that concluded: "I expect to find this about as useful as other recent budget documents.

In a two-paragraph letter to the commission, Stephen Bollenbach, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, referred to documents that have not been released on the reorganization.

His only comment has been a two-paragraph letter to The Southampton Press, promising to use the property "as a private residence for the use and enjoyment of my family."

More than a year passed before the department responded with a terse, two-paragraph letter that merely seemed to refer Nelnet back to the regulations on which it had sought guidance.

At the White House, after being designated Acting Attorney General, Mr. Bork sent Mr. Cox a two-paragraph letter of dismissal.

The inside cover was a two-paragraph letter above a color photo of a handsome, broad-shouldered man in his mid- thirties.

"The recent bombings make it clear we have not totally beaten back the evils of bigotry and racial prejudice," Mr. Bush wrote in the two-paragraph letter.

Then she got a two-paragraph letter from the department's employee management division informing her that she was fired but giving no reason.

In his two-paragraph letter to Mr. Reagan, Mr. Engen said: "In all, I have given 41 years of civil and naval service to my country.

In September, Mr. Rossi sent the company an informal two-paragraph letter proposing a shareholder vote on the question of whether the majority's will should be done.