Word: judgment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...single person during his Middle East shuttle diplomacy, not on details but on pace and tactics. Just last week, when Carter told Bob Strauss that he wanted him as his coordinator of Middle East policy, he silenced Strauss's protest by ex plaining that he had confirmed his judgment with "Rosalynn, Cy, Zbig and Ham." Note the order...
...choose one politician to sit at the Pearly Gates and pass judgment on my soul, Jimmy Carter would be the one," wrote former Presidental Speechwriter James Fallows. Having paid that compliment to the humanity and understanding of his onetime employer, he proceeded to render so harsh a judgment on Carter and his presidency that Fallows' wrathful ex-colleagues at the White House must wish that he had indeed reached the Pearly Gates...
...international lawyer who has brought more than 100 cases to Strasbourg. Indeed, the human rights commission refuses to hear most cases and tries to settle the rest amicably. Only when that fails, or a really significant test like the Sunday Times case comes along, does the full court pass judgment on one of its member nations...
Rather than take a cut of his client's judgment, Mitchelson, who normally charges at least $100 an hour, looked elsewhere to get his fees paid. Where? The state of California. Under a rarely applied California law, a court may require the state to pay attorneys' fees "in any action which has resulted in the enforcement of an important right affecting the public interest." The right in this case, of course, is to sue a live-in mate for "palimony." Local lawyers say chances are slim that the state will foot Mitchelson's bill. Even...
...letter urge students and faculty neither to boycott classes nor, presumably, to engage in any demonstrations organized in whole or part by the Coalition for Awareness and Action. Why? Because to do so would be to tacitly accept their "irresponsible accusation" about American society as well as "the bad judgment it encourages...