Word: judgemental
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...base, the decision of the majority stemmed from a judgement that the Philosophy Playboy respresents, and the way in which it wished to treat Radcliffe students, are offensive. Surely there are no other criteria: the ad was not deceptive, nor libelous, nor dangerous to the social order; it did not directly promote the economic or political subversion of the would-be models, nor did it compel them to do anything against their wills. It simply was likely to offend many readers, as it offended a majority of the staff...
...popular subject in anything from sonnets to surgery, she has been serenaded, dissected, romanticized and analyzed by generations of literati, medical men, scientists and students. If these men fixed their eyes intently on the figure of woman, however, the historian remained somewhat more aloof. Usually, in his considered judgement, women were essentially unimportant to his field ('the study of man'), and he dealt with them incidentally...
...whole population (of South Africa)' are often too difficult to apply in practice"; the report goes on to say that Harvard therefore opposes all loans to the South African government. Yet Manufacturers Hanover's policy is to continue making loans to the government which will, "in (their) judgement, generate improved circumstances for the whole population of the nation." The bank has not made any such loans recently because of "risk factors", but its policy is clearly to continue making such loans...
EVERY PRESENTATION of full-fledged classical ballet is to some degree an exercise in anachronism. Performer and audience alike must willfully assume the aesthetic judgement of another age. Offered wholeheartedly, a classical performance works on us with the poignant clarity of emotional truth; done poorly, it ranges from the banal to the ridiculous. The problem is one of authenticity, and has less to do with execution of movement than with a state of mind...
...response to student pressure, the University must respond when the students have made the most important argument. The inertia of petty-bureaucrats cannot be allowed to subsume the best interests of the community. Harvard must change to grow, or else its "Living Memorials" will become mausoleums of poor judgement. Stanley W. Burrows...