Word: cogent
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...deftest farceurs to grace the movie medium. Now, on a four-disc DVD set, ?Looney Tunes Golden Collection,? the magnificent menagerie lives again, pristinely restored. Any fan can argue with the choices - why not more Clampett stuff? where is Tex Avery!? - but not with the hours of cogent analysis and interviews. They show that what the front office dismissed as kid stuff was, in reality, the greatest sustained burst of wit in American movie history...
...deftest farceurs to grace the movie medium. Now, on a four-disc DVD set, Looney Tunes Golden Collection ($64.92), the magnificent menagerie lives again, pristinely restored. Any fan can argue with the choices (Why not more Bob Clampett stuff? Where is Tex Avery!?) but not with the hours of cogent analysis and interviews. They show that what the front office dismissed as program filler and kid stuff was, in reality, the greatest sustained burst of American movie comedy. --By Richard Corliss
Clark's new book, Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism and the American Empire, casts his trained eye on the Bush Administration's policy of nearly unilateral pre-emption and makes a cogent case for multilateralism. The book and Clark's military record offer insights into how good a general he was--and what kind of President he might...
...credible President Those pernicious 16 words in the State of the Union speech [July 21] will not topple the Bush presidency because the cumulative case for ousting Saddam was cogent, obvious and urgent. Hair-splitting arguments over such a trivial statement do not warrant this much hand wringing. Kevin Barker Bristow...
Those pernicious 16 words in the State of the Union speech will not topple the Bush presidency because the cumulative case for ousting Saddam was cogent, obvious and urgent. Arguments over such a trivial statement do not warrant this much hand wringing. KEVIN BARKER Bristow...