Word: judgmental
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...Power Politics in Taiwan Your report on Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian's plan for a referendum on China's missiles and hints of independence was off the mark with regard to the political reality in Taiwan [Dec. 15]. You underestimated the judgment of the Taiwanese by describing Chen as a manipulative politician. In my view, he is a defender of human rights and democracy. I cherish Taiwan's open and sometimes rowdy democracy, which is in contrast to the previous, autocratic regime. Our society is maturing politically as it faces all kinds of daily challenges. The pace of progress...
...only thing that has worked. There may be another approach out there, but right now my son and the effects of his illness on the entire family have so sapped my energy, emotion and time that I am unable to pursue alternatives. Families like mine need understanding, not judgment. I am not looking for a quick fix. There is no easy one when raising a child with a severe illness. Jane M. Smith Arlington...
...advice of the ACSR, the Corporation Committee has essentially ignored the carefully-researched affirmative-vote determination reached by the ACSR. The Advisory Committee devotes enormous amounts of time and attention to the issues on which Harvard will vote, and the CCSR members ought to give great weight to its judgment on these important environmental votes...
...into the hard ground. It requires, among other things, time and trust, and a nation scarred by tyranny and divided by tribe and faith is not going to turn into Athens overnight. A force intensely trained for its mission finds itself improvising at every turn, required to exercise exquisite judgment in extreme circumstances: Do you shoot the 8-year-old when he picks up the grenade launcher? How do you win the hearts and minds of residents in a town you've had to wrap in barbed wire? How do you teach about freedom through the bars of a cage...
...Europe Gets Bush Wrong" [Dec. 1], Michael Elliott explained how the Continent's history plays a big part in shaping Europeans' views of the U.S. and Bush in particular. Certainly, European history has its limits, but who can pretend to be above it and able to pass judgment on it? Not Bush. His not being European gives him another perspective on things but not a superior position. If Europeans seem to be caught up in their own way of understanding the world, Bush should keep in mind that he too is caught up in history...