Word: judgment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thinly disguised as an advertising man named Daniel Miller, Brooks departs this earth as a result of a rather silly car crash and finds himself in a limbo called Judgment City. It is a not-too-bright Southern Californian's idea of paradise -- all high-rises, malls and programmed politeness, but with no smog. Best of all, you can eat all you want of healthless foods and not gain an ounce...
...very much respect the judgment of those 80 first-years who recognized the bliss of Currier life. And I very much pray that they will be assigned to one of the other three houses that they listed. In my eyes, that's the only way to save the Class of '94--and, for that matter, Currier House...
...decision that business groups found crushing, the Supreme Court last week upheld Haslip's judgment. The court found by a 7-to-1 vote that the large punitive-damage award against the insurance company did not violate the 14th Amendment's due-process clause. Writing for the majority, Justice Harry Blackmun conceded that "unlimited jury discretion . . . in the fixing of punitive damages may invite extreme results that jar one's constitutional sensibilities." But, Blackmun concluded, "we need not, and indeed we cannot, draw a mathematical bright line between the constitutionally acceptable and the constitutionally unacceptable that would fit every case...
...wonderful the experience of jumping off would be. I promise you that it's not dangerous--you are with me and you're safe. In your state of confusion, you allow my passionate description of the pleasure and excitement of jumping off the cliff to displace your own judgment, and you are afraid to hurt my feelings, so you jump...
...fact, many people now view Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Jeremy R. Knowles as a stronger candidate than Leder. Colleagues say Knowles, who chaired the Chemistry Department for three years, is known for his fine judgment and attention to detail...