Word: judgmental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hoover also concluded that the Xerox Corp. was not cooperating sufficiently in an investigation of the theft of documents from an FBI office in Media, Pa. The FBI learned that copies of the documents distributed to newspapers were made on Xerox machines, and Xerox executives, in Hoover's judgment, did not disclose enough about customers who used the Xerox machines. He proposed replacing all of the FBI Xerox machines with IBM equipment, and was dissuaded only when told it would cost millions...
Whether or not a man has amended his character is ultimately a judgment call, and any decision concerning that depends as much, if not more, upon the nature of those who sit in judgment, as upon the actions and attitudes of the judged. If a convicted rapist frees the warden's daughter's cat from a tree is he ready for release back to society? An improbably example to be sure--few convicted rapists serve their time in joints that have any trees--yet perhaps it does illustrate the degree to which the prejudices--moral, racial, or otherwise...
...which carries with it the erroneous assumption that good behavior is simply a matter of choice and the offender who makes up his mind to behave can behave. This sort of preaching from the bench seems to be a disease readily acquired by judges and others who sit in judgment. It has done no good--it probably can do no good...it sets the stage for the same old tread-mill. This impression is bolstered by the use of threats, actual and implied, all relating to the time to be served...There are also promises extracted...
...tell whether the girl is beautiful or not," quipped Arthur Okun, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Joseph Pechman, director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, complained that Nixon "is providing machinery, but not yet a policy for restraining wages and prices." In the judgment of George Sheinberg, treasurer of Bulova Watch Co., the impact of the program "is going to depend almost entirely on the people whom Nixon appoints. He needs more men like Connally?people who really take hold and are effective in a short time...
...arrangement, also intended to speed the disposal of personal-injury suits, is about to begin in Los Angeles. The attorneys will be arbitrators rather than judges pro tem, but the proceedings will be carried out much like civil trials without juries. The main difference: the monetary judgment will not be subject to appeal except on the contention that the hearing process itself was unfair. Regular court officials fully back the experiment, and will steer cases into the new system by refusing continuances in pending suits starting this week; except in unusual circumstances, any attorney wanting a delay will have...