Word: judgment
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...forthright personality does not interfere with her judgment of propriety, according to her friends...
...editors and writers will always make mistakes in judgment, in part because we are on the whole so inexperienced (and in part because any paper, run by humans, does). Top editors can, of necessity, spend no more than a year in their position; there is never more than four years of institutional memory to guide us. Some mistakes are those of exhaustion or the exigencies of making fast-paced decisions—after hours cooped up in a windowless newsroom, breathing only the aroma of stale pizza and rotting Kong food, that late-night call can seem a little silly...
...mail sent to the Crimson last week, Tribe reiterated his sentiment that an inadvertent mistake has led to an unduly harsh character judgment, amounting to a “false and defamatory contrary impression that some who do or ought to know better have, for their own reasons, deliberately created...
What the University needs is a policy with more room for nuance and sensible judgment. Instead of blanket restrictions, Harvard should judge travel proposals on a case-by-case basis that ensures that students are well-prepared to pursue a safe and responsible experience. When the OIP considers a student’s application, it should take into account not only the specific region involved, but also the way the travel is structured—including the proposed itinerary and the organizations and institutions involved—and the applicant’s ability to navigate the society around them...
...wouldn’t have swayed my judgment, or others’ [on the jury], because he was not armed at the time and we looked at the incident when it occurred,” she said. “Even if he had a background or a history, it wouldn’t have changed that night...