Word: judgment
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...down in April 1994 and 15 Americans were killed. The difference between the two cases is obvious. The public understands that oil is a strategic interest, and Saddam Hussein--a tyrant hoping to build nuclear weapons--represents a threat to U.S. security. On that basis Americans can make a judgment and a choice...
...teaching fellows are explicitly told not to make judgment calls," she says. "If something is not clear on the standard, they are to raise the issue for clarification...
...Yeah," says Gingrich, "I didn't want to go to the thing. Left alone, I wouldn't have gone. I yielded to Bob's judgment because I concede that in certain circumstances my judgment is not as mature as his and that I am often likely to make the mistake of being too aggressive. I'm capable of taking risks that are ultimately destructive. So I've come to the point where I will almost always defer to Dole's judgment about decisions that involve certain kinds of tactical risks. I now know that I can be very risk-taking...
...Between now and the 1996 election they will return to those same individuals to chart the fluctuation of their views. At each juncture TIME and CNN reporters will also talk to some of them in greater detail to see what's on their minds and how it affects their judgment of the candidates...
...mother is the ground wire in my father's electrical circuit," says Michael Powell, the couple's 32-year-old son. "She helps him not get so electrified that he does something against his better judgment. She will not get caught up in the carnival. I can't tell you the number of times I've watched in near embarrassment as she chastises him"--for believing his p.r., for getting windy or phony during a speech, for allowing Larry King to stroke him like a cat. "She gets ticked off," says Michael. "She'll say, 'My, that man of mine...