Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...uncommon woman is the person who is different from most in that she rises above mediocrity, leads rather than goes along with the crowd, forms her own opinions rather than accepts others' uncritically, but has her opinions well-grounded on information and thought, not on hasty judgment or prejudice. Who is superior intellectually and morally, but doesn't rub it in in the presence of others. She is a person who has a zest for life, a drive to accomplish great things, and a sense of responsibility to others. Who is never satisfied with the shoddy, and who is always...
...most important overseas airbases: the Strategic Air Command's "frontline" B-47 fields (and a naval air station) in Morocco. Reason for the deal is twofold: 1) nationalist pressure in newly independent Morocco for withdrawal of all foreign forces, U.S. as well as French and Spanish; 2) U.S. judgment that in the near future the Moroccan bomber fields will have lost their present strategic value...
...comers, apparently never dreaming that Goren would risk his growing reputation against the master. But Charlie grabbed at the opportunity. Goren still treasures Culbertson's letter explaining that a sudden business trip to Europe made it necessary to call off the match. "Ely was using good judgment," says Goren, a faint but unmistakable flicker of triumph on his face...
Right alongside Silodor and Crawford, in the judgment of top bridge players, are Howard Schenken and Alvin Roth, both of whom have missed master point opportunities by staying away from many tournaments. New Yorker Schenken, 54, was already renowned in the bridge world back in the early 1930s, has steadily maintained a reputation among the experts as one of the very greatest players, though he stands only twelfth in master points (2,919) and makes his living as a travel agent instead of a fulltime bridge pro. A recent recruit to Charles Goren's team, Schenken is a highly...
Risky Claim. Lewis also noticed the psalms' attitude toward God's judgment of men. Christians tremble at the thought (or should); Judgment Day is "that day of wrath, that dreadful day." But the psalmists looked forward to it joyfully. The reason for the difference, says Lewis, is that "the Christian pictures the case to be tried as a criminal case with himself in the dock; the Jew pictures it as a civil case with himself as the plaintiff. The one hopes for acquittal, or rather for pardon; the other hopes for a resounding triumph with heavy damages...