Word: cogent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gates scrambled rapidly up the career ladder, starting as a junior analyst who struggled to write coherent reports after poring over mountains of information from a wide range of secret and public sources. He quickly drew praise for cogent analysis and crisp writing -- traits still evident in his scholarly articles and speeches...
...this way. No Senator would vote to confirm a judge who would overturn Brown v. Board of Education, the decision that ended school segregation. Few Senators would support a nominee who questioned Griswold v. Connecticut (which established the right to privacy) even though intellectually competent people and cogent legal arguments can be found to oppose it. Some political ends are so important to Americans that we cannot allow a Court appointee to jeopardize them...
...state's history. In Washington last week, Souter provided convincing evidence that the accolade is richly deserved. After two days of sometimes tedious give-and-take between Souter and the Senate Judiciary Committee, a bottom line was clearly visible to all: barring unexpected revelations, the committee lacks a cogent rationale for rejecting President Bush's first nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...each meticulously to ferret out tiny differences. When Souter went to Washington to present his case, he went alone and without notes. His argument -- that since a boat could not get to the ocean from the lake, it was not a navigable waterway subject to federal control -- was so cogent and airtight that the Coast Guard withdrew its claim. This case added to the legal lore in the state that no one who is party to a case ever knows more about it than Souter. Says Merrill: "You can always count on David to have read relevant cases that...