Without clear and compelling answers to these second order questions, the debate about the first order questions will be an exercise in futility.

I think it is the most compelling answer at the moment.

The same question applies to Mr. Bauchau, but he does not provide a compelling answer.

I tried to think of a compelling answer, but the reasons that leapt to mind-because you can smoke and drink beer and smooch extravagantly-didn't seem to apply here.

Pamyat's program provides a simple and compelling answer to the deep cultural anxiety caused by perestroika's dislocation and destabilization of Soviet society.

She kept coming up with compelling answers!

A century ago, the fantasy of a brawny and indestructible protector provided a compelling answer to Jewish vulnerability - even beyond the realm of the theater.

Mr. Haynes and his comrades give us the most compelling answer of all: don't avoid it, just plug in and make it funky.

That's not to say, he added, that any compelling answers will be found among them.

There are compelling answers, but the case has to be made at the top, by the President.