Yet, instead of a thoughtful assessment of the value that Cablevision provides, The Times chose instead to revert to formulaic treatment of cable rates.

But where are the practitioners of a Republican cast whose serious academic credentials equip them to render equally thoughtful assessments?

She startled him by voicing openly for the first time a conclusion she had reached after much thoughtful assessment: 'Poland will be united again before we die.'

From Barber, it is thoughtful assessment, laced with urgency.

Steve Coll has a thoughtful assessment over at our News Desk.

Ben tried to express the ideas in terms of his own experience; a thoughtful assessment of the advantages of our Cache service, rather than a plea to his only son.

"another box-ticking exercise masquerading as thoughtful assessment)."

Like Mr. Kernan's provocative 1990 book, "The Death of Literature," it offers a thoughtful and often disturbing assessment of recent developments in academia.

"I believe that when you are most out of the play, you are the furthest in it," says Hull in a characteristically thoughtful assessment of his style.

In Boston, though there is anger, many laypeople make thoughtful assessments of the archdiocese's handling of the crisis, praising some things while criticizing others.