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...Federal Trade Commission tells us, pop-culture moguls are peddling "adult" entertainment to kids. To borrow a cogent phrase from today's youth: Well, duh. People who are shocked (shocked!) must also be members of the Flat Earth Society. They haven't heard of a little movement called capitalism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Not Kid Around About Pop Culture | 9/14/2000 | See Source »

...instance, Clinton couldn't quite muster the conviction required for a convincing response to the voucher questions (she's against them, but she and the President sent Chelsea to an exclusive private school); Lazio didn't have a cogent explanation for his vote against the Patient's Bill of Rights. Occasionally, during a defensive response, the Representative appeared petulant: "I am a doer!" he cried, in defense of his record. "I did get the job done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rick and Hillary Battle to a Bloody Draw | 9/13/2000 | See Source »

...Good interview in that Dr. Schlessinger provided excellently cogent and straight answers to your questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Doctor's In Box | 6/27/2000 | See Source »

...question (e.g., Will you be watching this year's Super Bowl on television?) your typical actor/singer/model will prattle on interminably about the Bhagavad-Gita, string theory and film restoration. But ask a celeb for a New Year's resolution and out comes a pithy, succinctly worded and cogent personal mission statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resolutions Without The Guilt | 12/31/1999 | See Source »

...crunch could come on his first bill. Judging from his style in New York, he would refer to colleagues who spoke against it as idiotic or disgusting or sick--even if they'd presented cogent arguments against legislation that would grant Senators, as a matter of personal privilege, the right to put homeless shelters in other people's neighborhoods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Taming Of A Senator | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

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