| Focused |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2023 |
| Relevant to the subject in question |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Relevant |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Nov 2021 |
| Germane |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2021 |
| Relevant |
New York Times |
07 May 2021 |
| Material |
LA Times Daily |
16 May 2020 |
| Material |
The Washington Post |
16 May 2020 |
| Not pointless? |
The Washington Post |
25 Aug 2018 |
| Not pointless? |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2018 |
| Not pointless? |
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| Like a disciplined debater, say |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
27 Oct 2017 |
| Like a disciplined debater, say |
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| Relevant |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Nov 2016 |
| Relevant |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jul 2016 |
| Pertinent to the discussion |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Not straying from the subject |
LA Times Daily |
03 Mar 2015 |
| Pertinent to the discussion |
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| Not straying from the subject |
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| Relevant |
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| Keeping to the point |
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| Not pointless |
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| Pertinent to the discussion |
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| Germane |
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