Word: cogent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatest-hits album, the big sister of folk-rock country accentuates the up-tempo side of her decade-long legacy. Don't look for the cogent introspection of Only a Dream; here she has chosen songs brassy enough to be sung at the Super Bowl (Down at the Twist and Shout) or on Letterman (Can't Take Love for Granted). They sound great, as do two new anthems about the singer's favorite people: women who run risks, pay for them, keep on running. And at the head of the pack, still not breathing hard, there's Chapin...
...editor Howard Chua-Eoan, who oversaw this special issue. "He's the biggest soccer fan in the U.S., and helped bring the World Cup here in 1994." A call was placed, and the result is an enthusiastic and knowing appreciation of the great Brazilian superstar, as well as a cogent comparison of soccer and American sports, a realpolitik, so to speak, of two quite different regimes...
Breadth and depth of knowledge, in some form, will continue to be the hallmarks of a liberal education, as will the ability to think critically, to make informed and cogent choices, to contend with the explosion of information, and to express oneself effectively in speech and writing...
...this conflict, both in terms of resources and human life, are too great for the NATO countries to be satisfied with the rate of progress so far. Either a qualitative change is required in NATO strategy--military or diplomatic--or Clinton and the other NATO leaders must provide a cogent explanation of how the current strategy will lead to success...
...this conflict, both in terms of resources and human life, are too great for the NATO countries to be satisfied with the rate of progress so far. Either a qualitative change is required in NATO strategy--military or diplomatic--or Clinton and the other NATO leaders must provide a cogent explanation of how the current strategy will lead to success...