The phrase "incisive discussion" is an acceptable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to a conversation or debate which is sharp, to the point, and focused on getting to the heart of the matter. For example: During the meeting, the team leader led an incisive discussion of the various options available to the company.
The statement distributed at the news conference said General Musharraf had met with top cabinet and security officials today for fours hours of "incisive discussion," after a similarly long meeting on Friday with the country's top generals.
He cites an incisive discussion of it between Jean-Luc Godard and a quartet of interviewers from Cahiers du Cinéma in 1965, and then sees, with reference to a Budd Boetticher Western, "Horizons West," whether there's good sense and good use to be made of the notion.
But could I in good conscious deny these adult students an incisive discussion of something that was national news, but was also central to understanding political psychology as it is currently studied?
More than 2,000 people have filled up the historic Manhattan Center with our biggest hackathon and Startup Alley yet, and a set of incisive discussions with tech leaders.
A series of incisive discussions of his unconscious racism is like a subreddit or Popehat message board come to life -- those scenes have the same acid wit and defensiveness, but they're much more rigorous and concise.
In this heartfelt, incisive 1993 discussion of Cassavetes by one of his crucial collaborators, Peter Falk — who acted under his direction in "Husbands" and "A Woman Under the Influence" and with him in "Mikey and Nicky," directed by Elaine May — goes into some of the particulars of the convergence of his art and his life.
The book is most incisive in its discussion of swimming pools as what one editorialist called "one of the touchiest problems in race relations".
There she was extremely active in social, cultural and intellectual activities, and she served on many committees, primarily those related to health issues, always adding her incisive comments to discussion.
PAUL ARMENTANO Vallejo, Calif., Dec. 14, 2011 The writer is the deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and co-author of the book "Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?" I congratulate Mr. Evans for his incisive and insightful discussion of the medical marijuana issue.
Andersen's incisive, wide-ranging discussion of the film clips seen there is an exemplary contribution to scholarship and, for that matter, the politics of culture, and I'd like to see the law say so and set it free, along with other such works of commentary on the audio-visual realm.
Recently Ian Hacking (1999, chapter 3) has provided an incisive and interesting discussion of the issues that divide the constructivists (Collins, Pickering, etc).
