Word: judgmental
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...foreign policy differ from Ford's? The answer seemed to be that, aside from some changes in nuance and emphasis-for example, Carter would probably give a higher priority to strengthening relations with traditional allies-U.S. foreign policy would be basically unchanged. Such crucial factors as judgment, temper, coolness under pressure could, of course, only be speculated about. But after the debate, many people now involved in formulating the Ford foreign policy concluded that almost anything they do not like about Carter's views could probably be set right by a little on-the-job experience...
...patriarch's autumn ends, he dies, we the crowd rejoice. Politically, socially, Marquez' ending might seem naive. The bureaucracy that will replace the general will be no better. But the book's politics, like its language or imagery, transcend such judgment. Like the Iliad or the Tain. Autumn is so epically true it is unjudgeable. The patriarch is so immense, so all-encompassing, that though mortal, he becomes a fact of nature. And how can an ocean, or a season, be condemned for the death it causes...
...most of its 67 years, Moody's Investment Service, one of the nation's two major bond-rating firms, enjoyed an impeccable reputation for dispassionate financial judgment. Then, last spring, Moody's downgraded its rating of bonds issued by New York State's Municipal Assistance Corp., which was created to oversee New York City's troubled finances. The drop in the rating of the original MAC bonds from A (meaning secure) to B (meaning risky) put an immediate damper on the sale of later MAC bonds, endangering the attempts to bail out New York City...
...week, when Felix Rohatyn, feisty, flamboyant chairman of MAC, demanded that the firm disqualify itself from evaluating MAC bonds because its political bias made it "unfit" A few days later in Washington, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Robert Gerard cautiously agreed that if Moody's were basing its judgment on such political considerations as what the New York legislature might do next, the firm should suspend its rating of MAC bonds...
...tiny office staff, Rafshoon waged a year-long ad blitz in 38 states to win his man the Democratic nomination, preparing and airing commercials without Carter's reviewing them first. "Jimmy never tells me what to do," says Rafshoon. "He knows I am a professional and trusts my judgment." Indeed, Rafshoon's ardor for his work contributed to his recent divorce; now, as a man-about-politics, he is often seen squiring Socialite-Author Barbara Howar...