Word: interpretative
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...term we might simply call "philosophy." By this I mean not what philosophers talk about in their classes, so much as any system of rational thought, expressed mainly in ordinary language, which seeks to discover truth beyond what is precisely and mathematically definable, and which helps to explain and interpret knowledge which is so definable. Philosophy in this sense is not subjective; it simply deals with what, by analogy with biological philosophy, might be termed vitalistic knowledge, as opposed to mechanistic knowledge. Even if we take a reductionist approach and assume that vitalistic knowledge is only knowledge which when more...
...Newsmen constantly wrestle with the problem of how to find their way among the innumerable shadings of truth and the often agonizing choices about what to print and what not to print. Despite the public's frequently naive faith in "objective," just-the-facts reporting, every newsman must interpret and judge; which things to put in among various indisputable facts and what to leave out often constitutes the most important form of judgment...
...exercise of power. Few of them ultimately translate their efforts into the small increments that give life the special depth that Jefferson perceived. One wonders about the Watergate criminals and whether things would have been different had these men had other interests with which to soften and better interpret the purpose of power...
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark says that during his term of office he resolved the dilemma by distinguishing between policy and legal matters. The President, says Clark, "can use discretion with respect to policy, but he cannot interpret the law to suit his own needs, politics, even judgments. The power of the President in legal matters is the power of dismissal, not the power of superseding his legal judgment for that of the Attorney General." That power could thus be used to fire Jaworski if the President were willing to face the consequences...
...Kleindienst avoids a direct answer to what many would interpret as a highly improper question. But he does say that the evidence is "going to come out," and might involve charges of obstructing justice. Then Kleindienst warns Nixon that a sheaf of indictments would soon be handed up and that the whole story is "likely to be all over town...