Word: judgmental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...controversy about the publicity given to the threats to President Ford, TIME seems to equate criticism of faulty news judgment with an attack on the freedom of the press. Instead of drawing its wagons in a circle, TIME should realize that public and journalistic responsibilities are not isolated from each other...
Still, when psychiatric judgment is required, experts try to supply what the court needs to know. Generally they form their opinions by simply talking with the defendant. "What you would see," explains Dr. James Richmond, who has examined Squeaky Fromme, "is a doctor having a conversation with a patient." If the concern is whether the defendant is mentally able to stand trial and defend himself, the psychiatrist concentrates on such matters as the defendant's comprehension of the charges, his ability to follow what his attorney says, and his reaction to authority figures (some defendants go blank when faced...
Belief in God's covenant with America, Neuhaus thinks, leads not to arro gance but to humility, since the nation is continually held accountable to judgment by the Almighty. The covenant idea can also restore the faith in the future that once characterized the U.S. Neuhaus contends that if Americans lose the belief that God is working toward a culmination, history is seen as purposeless. He worries that America's intellectual leaders are so "emancipated" from religion that spiritual questions are cloaked in secular terms like "national purpose." Thus discussion of public policy is "floundering in moral evasiveness...
...paper intended. The Department met to consider the manuscript on which its decision about tenure depended, and it considered that matter only. Dr. Kearns kept us informed, independently of the press furor, of the state of her manuscript and her plans for publication and asked us for our judgment as to its quality in its various versions. We responded. Decisions about tenure are made on grounds of scholarly achievements and promise, and this decision followed that principle. As to the details of our judgment, that is and shall remain a private matter. James Q. Wilson Shattuck Professor of Government
...There is now an implicit understanding that no judgment should be released that might well be open to attack later as improperly considered," says a court insider. "There has never been a formal vote of the Justices on that rule, but everyone understands...