Word: assess
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...newsmagazine is to do its full job, it must not merely report the news but must assess what happened and make clear-cut judgments in every field it covers. Some judgments from this week's TIME...
Sullivan conceded that his reputation had not been damaged by the ad. But under Alabama law, as in most states, the jury had a right to assess punitive judgment over and above actual civil damage. In clouting the Times for $500,000, the Alabamians may have been within their technical rights. But in awarding such damages to a man who admitted he had not been damaged, the jury had plainly replotted the line dividing press liberty and press license...
...fireball; it gives off very little visible light and even if it were as near as the moon, its flash might be too feeble to attract unalerted attention. Sponsors of such a test would know where and when to look for it, and they would have instruments ready, to assess the results. A sneak test of this sort would be difficult and expensive, but not impossible...
...Twentieth Century Week will be a major contribution to international understanding and an intensely interesting experience," Leed declared. "We intend to offer an opportunity for American students to assess the image the United States projects abroad...
...every consumer dollar is spent on services-and statisticians include doctors and dentists as well as doormen in this category. Yet service figures are not given their full weight in the standard measurements of the growth or future of business. One reason is that it is hard to assess an increase in productivity in services. Another is that the real value of a good doctor or a good teacher is hard to translate into dollars and cents. Better measurements are needed, so that the emphasis on production statistics will not bulk so large as to overshadow the fastest-growing sector...