Word: judgment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...told in the most solemn moment of the service, the "Unetaneh Tokef," that Rosh HaShanah begins a period of divine judgment in which each man, woman and child passes in spirit before the heavenly throne to receive his or her fate. Rosh HaShanah is, then, an awesome moment of the year in the truest sense of the term--one that ought to summon feelings of humility before one's maker...
...stance. But a series of leaks and rebukes prompted Dole to dilute his own effort. Likewise a small tantrum by Gingrich was enough to stop Dole from moving toward the center on the assault-weapons ban. His repeated reversals left all sides suspicious of both his convictions and his judgment...
...perhaps fitting that the President whom his enemies labeled "Tricky Dick" lived to pass judgment on the President known as "Slick Willy." Throughout the 1992 campaign, Nixon denigrated Clinton: "He's Dogpatch...Even his wife is for him only because he is her ticket to power...[He] will be a disaster. But it will give me leeway to criticize him on Russian aid and everything else he screws up. With Bush I had to be restrained." But when the fledgling President sought Nixon's counsel on foreign policy, Nixon found him "very respectful with no sickening bulls...
...goes. One fellow who has worked in the Governor's office far longer than I have asks me how to do things and follows my advice even when it conflicts with his judgment. If I question his uncritical acceptance, I'm told, "Well, you go to Harvard." There are small victories that keep me from screaming. Like when the snot from the EPA asked sneeringly what state school I attended and I was able to answer, "Actually, I go to Harvard University." But even the victories hinge on the clever use of Harvard's reputation. No matter how or where...
Those who slog through the entire novel will find it difficult to tell whether Yglesias wants to portray his Dr. Neruda as hero, fool or, when he investigates the circumstances leading to Gene's fiasco, charlatan. With first-person narration, it is left to the reader to make that judgment. But what to make of a man who tells his lover, "Diane, if you review what you just said carefully, I really believe you'll see a contradiction." This is a man to track down evil...