Word: cogently
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...cogent is his program? His proposals are more detailed than usual for candidates at this stage and contain nothing that seems flagrantly silly. Most are at worst debatable, and they do hang together rather than contradict one another. Some specifics...
...President, back in 1987, he had been studying nonstop for months. In a hotel room in New Orleans on Feb. 16, he was trying his best to get a handle on U.S. farm policy. "Does anyone really understand this stuff?" he wondered. "What happens when I have to be cogent on parity or price supports? You remember what happened to Gerry?" Cuomo's reference was to Geraldine Ferraro, who confused an arcane bit of nuclear-war fighting strategy -- the difference between "first use" and "first strike" -- during her unsuccessful 1984 vice-presidential race. "The worst thing that can happen...
...half our population, nor the joys of honest labor to the other half. Today, doubly reversing Kingsley, women must work -- or else -- and men, far from keeping a stiff upper lip, must "let it all hang out," especially if they hope to get ahead in politics. There are cogent historical precedents...
...Gates scrambled rapidly up the career ladder, starting as a junior analyst who struggled to write coherent reports after poring over mountains of information from a wide range of secret and public sources. He quickly drew praise for cogent analysis and crisp writing -- traits still evident in his scholarly articles and speeches...
...this way. No Senator would vote to confirm a judge who would overturn Brown v. Board of Education, the decision that ended school segregation. Few Senators would support a nominee who questioned Griswold v. Connecticut (which established the right to privacy) even though intellectually competent people and cogent legal arguments can be found to oppose it. Some political ends are so important to Americans that we cannot allow a Court appointee to jeopardize them...