Word: judgment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...claims civility toward the Clintons, but lands zingers. In her book she observes that there are many pros and cons on homosexuals in the military, "but like Bill Clinton I have never been in the service and so have little to base my judgment on." She has decided, she says, not to read anything about the Clinton campaign in the memoir by political advisers James Carville and Mary Matalin. "I'm only reading the 'Mary' parts...
...oppression of innocents offends humanity. Sadly, the murderers who rule Haiti are not unique. If we were capable of deposing all despots, we would. Surely in Bosnia, for instance, where the genocide dwarfs the atrocities in Haiti, we would act. But in my judgment the costs there would be too great. A foreign policy invested with moralism need not be consistently applied. You act where you reasonably...
...Louisiana judge awarded more than $650,000 to the parents of a Japanese teenager who was shot to death by a Baton Rouge homeowner as the youth was asking directions to a Halloween party. "I felt the intelligence and reasoning of America in the judgment," said the dead boy's mother after the decision. Last year a criminal court acquitted the homeowner, Rodney Peairs, of criminal charges of manslaughter...
Jazz trumpeters who are making a name for themselves are often like a teenager who's just got his driver's license. They love speed for its own sake, blowing fusillades of notes that show dazzling enthusiasm but no sense of judgment. Leading his own septet on his fine new album Misterios (Warner Bros.), Wallace Roney proves an exception to the rule. His amber tone and patient, considered phrasing echo the mature works of Miles Davis...
...Christins [Ho, the PBHA vice president], and I feel very strongly that Harvetta exercised very poor judgment, endangering herself, her counselors and the people we serve," he said. "And as a result we feel that it is inappropriate that she continue to make decisions on behalf of the board of directors of Phillips Brooks House Association."CrimsonEdward...