Word: judgemental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Respected government professor and resident Harvard whiner Harvey Mansfield recently delivered his judgement of homosexuals: they are "irresponsible," "unhappy," and "a little bit shameless." They miss out on the civilizing effects of straight relationships, in which the partners "make each other aware of what a woman especially knows and what a man especially knows." And their "kinky sexual practices" make their love "imperfect and stunted and frustrated." Nor do they keep these problems to themselves; "gays eventually undermine civilization...
Closer to home, this year's censure of Crimson President Ira E. Stoll bespeaks the same sort of misdirection. True, he offended the entire Crimson staff with a sexually explicit insult. And true, his action was entirely uncalled for and another example of remarkably poor judgement...
Your paper reported in its October 8 edition that among the department's short-comings in the administration's eyes was its inability "to get the appointment of a senior professor." This judgement is unfair. Since 1989 the department has made three outstanding junior appointments. This shows that given the opportunity the department is capable of handling appointments with dispatch and excellent results. The decision on the senior appointment in linguistics was not assigned to the department. Rather, it was vested in an inter-departmental committee appointed by the dean, which, from what I have been able to discover, operated...
...heroic individualism. "I like to burn stuff," Butt-head explains, "but that doesn't mean you have to. Huh-huh. Huh-huh. It would be cool if you did, though." As Beavis and Butt-head represent the voice of a new generation, their appeal is self-evident. They pass judgement on all they witness with total abandon in a culture unworthy of conformity, enjoying themselves in the process...
Berry said the union's decision was not unexpected. "I have a very strong respect for the union's leadership and I think they made a judgement based on sound principles and practice," Berry said...