It's hard, though, to make a thoughtful case for anything in 140 characters or in a 30-second cable TV clip, and the way that some Republicans happily pounced on these debates could reasonably be characterized as political opportunism.
William Bradford Reynolds, another Reagan-era colleague, said later that while Mr. Olson presented a thoughtful case, "He's taking a more assertive view of how one should interpret the Constitution than you would normally expect Ted to take".
As they all sat in Favre's Jeep, Favre made a reasoned, thoughtful case for quitting.
Much harder, however, is to make a strong thoughtful case for what we believe and leave the door open to those who disagree with us, and to the possibility we might be wrong.
Despite an eloquent and thoughtful case for the defence put across by Solbakken post-match, his departure hardly comes as a surprise.
She was going to make a thoughtful Tory case for further efforts to prevent abuse of the asylum system, so that help could be given to those who really need it.
"There was probably less of a thoughtful business case made in the past with regard to the use of luxury properties," said Mary MacGregor, vice president for account development at BCD Meetings & Incentives.
As your thoughtful case study reported, we are all collectively at fault — from providers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, device makers and insurers, to every one of us who demands state-of-the-art technology for everything from a hangnail to a headache, wants antibiotics for a cold, or threatens litigation.
This has the additional advantage of inviting thoughtful case-by-case analyses of affected patients to identify broad areas for improvements in care beyond just pneumonia prevention alone.
Mr. Kimmelman makes a thoughtful and persuasive case that ancient art contains multiple and shifting meanings and belongs to the world, not the current occupants of the country it came from.
It's no coincidence that "On the Road" is being made by the same international creative team — including the director, who is Brazilian, and the Puerto Rican screenwriter José Rivera — behind "The Motorcycle Diaries," about another road trip undertaken by a thoughtful introvert (in this case Che Guevara) with a rambunctious traveling mate.
