Word: cogent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Still cogent was the acid observation made by NBC's Niles Trammell before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee last month. Said he: "We are now ordered to divest ourselves of one of our network services . . . while at the same time, the licensing policy of the Commission encourages our entrance into the operation of new stations in the fields of television and FM. The older service of broadcasting is profitable, but the new services are yet to produce any revenue. Apparently the Commission favors our loss of present investments and revenue, but wants us to invest in new fields...
...there were more cogent reasons than pure diplomacy for including neutral nations in the order. This was clear from an SEC report to Congress earlier last week. After four years of study, SEC admitted it could not discover who controlled the American I. G. Chemical Corp. originally sponsored by I. G. Farbenindustrie, but since 1939 called General Aniline & Film (textiles, dyes, Agfa Ansco camera equipment). SEC revealed that the original U.S. directors of the firm, including Standard Oil of New Jersey's Walter Teagle, had no idea who controlled it either. The trail ended in Switzerland, where a number...
...fact is that Winston Churchill's loyal opposition is not very large, not very vocal, and last week it was not very cogent even when it was vocal. Winston Churchill enjoys the confidence of the British people, in Government and out, in almost the ratio suggested by Parliament's vote. Aging, white-maned David Lloyd George tried to suggest the dangers of that idolatry during the debate. "I regret," he said, "that this discussion should take place on a question of confidence. . . . The House should have occasional opportunities of making its criticisms and suggestions without being fettered...
...still the same when it is placed on a moral basis as when it is treated from an economic standpoint. The proposals that the proper purpose of work is the satisfaction of human needs and that labor deserves a voice in industry equal to that of capital are as cogent when called part of Christian doctrine as when published in manifestos...
Famed for parkways and playgrounds, tempers and tirades, is New York City's able Park Commissioner Robert Moses. This week, Park Commissioner Moses, an ex officio member of the boards of all the museums in New York's public parks, sent a report, characteristically caustic and cogent, to Mayor LaGuardia on the present state of the city's museums. Sample criticisms...