Word: cogently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ellwood's cogent analysis--and his policy recommendations--go far deeper than the don't-throw-money-at-it truisms that have become commonplaces among critics of the welfare system. Ellwood, a professor of public policy at the Kennedy School and a key member of its Center for Health and Human Resources, proposes sensible and sensitive reforms to the current system...
Herewith a sampler of cogent words by featured commencement speakers around the nation...
...emergence of a strong and cogent case for drug legalization, even if it is a misguided approach, has pointed out a real and serious fault in current policy. It is heavily unbalanced in favor of ineffective attempts to cut the supply through police action, while neglecting potentially more effective efforts to reduce demand through education and treatment. Says Minneapolis Mayor Donald Fraser: "Personally, I'm not willing to say drugs should be decriminalized. But investing large amounts of money to interdict supply obviously is not working. We've spent over $300,000 in the past few months in police overtime...
...Emerald Forest and Roland Joffe with The Mission -- are drawn to shoot stories of strong men in death-defying jungle locations. They end up tracking their willful protagonists to death or madness, and the audience rarely follows. With all his art and effort, Weir is unable to enlist cogent concern for Allie Fox. One escapes from The Mosquito Coast as one might from a plague of the title insects, itching and irritable...
...difficult to formulate a cogent reply while hanging upside down. "I swear, I was coming to cover the dance festival...