Word: cogently
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...concern about the state of the nation is manifest on every page of this sweeping work of scholarship and unusually cogent thought," Beatty writes...
Mothers are allowed to say these things. But one doesn't have to be David Da-i Ho's mother to be aware of his brilliance. He lays forth clearly and succinctly some of the boldest yet most cogent hypotheses in the epic campaign against HIV; at the same time, he operates nimbly through the budgetary and political pitfalls of the enterprise. And though he is monumentally tranquil in demeanor, he has been known to fling the occasional hot one-liner against naysayers--once, "It's the virus, stupid!" to those who insist HIV is not the cause of AIDS...
...this is fine, if a little too stridently observed--see David sweat in slow motion. But then he finds his true love (Lynn Redgrave!) and Shine takes a dive into soapsuds. The film ceases to be a cogent study of the disease of genius and devolves into two lesser creatures: an ordinary weepie and an Oscar contender. Shine is not an instrumental but a choral work--a trusty hymn to the human spirit. You will be moved, ladies and gentlemen. Perhaps that is all you, and the Academy, need to know...
While the grants the Undergraduate Council gives to student organizations are extremely important, increasing them to 63 percent of the council's budget relegates the rest of the council into obscurity. Former council treasurer and vice president Brian R. Blais '97 wrote in a cogent post to the council's news-group that raising the amount the council allocates to the grants process cripples the other parts of the council, effectively precluding experimentation in new events and services for the campus...
...shortcomings, the Libertarian Party presents a truly appealing philosophy, because they, like the Founding Fathers, invest their faith in the intelligence, good-heartedness and responsibility of the American people to govern themselves. And while the current two-party system offers little hope of significant change, the Libertarians make a cogent case for substantial reform...