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But if that were the case, a cogent narrative could make that point just as well as the facts about Kerr that appear on screen at the end of the film.

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The kids in these videos are often cogent and persuasive, but their words don’t matter to the viewers.

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Career-related skills that all students need include “thinking critically, or being able to speak professionally or give a presentation, or being able to put together a cogent resume, or having basic technology skills,” Dabagyan said.

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The point is not to win a debate by making a cogent case, but to overwhelm opponents and tire them out.

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But the footage also revealed that Harris’ jumbled answer was clipped to its most cogent sentence.

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