Word: judgment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only conclude that taking account of race, even in a supposedly ameliorative way, does not guarantee the ability to get beyond race. The only question is how we choose to deal with it. Do we do so by applying outwardly unbiased policies that ultimately rely on the judgment and goodwill of those who assume minorities lack "necessities," or by following a racially conscious course that, in trying to set things right, stirs up massive resentment and animosity...
...modest and, at its most basic level, very enjoyable little movie called Thelma & Louise, which is so far a moderate commercial success. It has earned about $20 million in its first 3 1/2 weeks of release -- less than a muscular big-boy movie like Robin Hood or Terminator 2: Judgment Day could expect to make on its first weekend...
Most notable in these pages is the influence of special-interest groups, prominently feminists and minorities. They are saluted, and placated, to the point where judgment is often skewed, and where tin-eared or casually invented words and terms are given approval simply because they are fashionable. "We tried our best," says executive editor Sol Steinmetz in justification, "to infuse some social significance into the language along the lines of what sociolinguists...
...East German Communist Party chief Walter Ulbricht build the Wall. Beschloss provides convincing new evidence that Kennedy recognized that erecting a wall through the city was the only way to prevent a collapse of East Germany and never seriously considered armed intervention over that issue. Nonetheless, in Beschloss's judgment, the U.S. was never closer to war with the U.S.S.R. than throughout the Berlin crisis...
...courts have increased the use of juries, which tend to side with plaintiffs and award big monetary damages. Last year a Detroit jury awarded inventor Robert Kearns a $10 million judgment against Ford for violating Kearns' patents on intermittent windshield wipers. A San Francisco jury two months ago ordered Intex Plastics to pay inventor Charles Hall $5 million in damages for violating his patent on the water...