That, she reasoned, would provide a metric of productivity around which they could make decisions about promotion and firing.

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The only way they could have gotten it, she reasoned, was from one of the firms who'd been courting her.

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She presents well-reasoned justifications for the positions she takes, and she's very conscious of the need to forge alliances in a new and still-evolving Parliament.

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"It gives shape and order to the year, and enables it to be one not of fevered campaigning, but of cool and reasoned deliberation, " she said.

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And she has won accolades from observers across the ideological spectrum for her well-reasoned arguments and commanding presence.

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Generally you assume he or she will have a clear and balanced perspective, and will reflect on circumstances and come to a reasoned conclusion.

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