Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...began reading from scribbled notes: "The position of the respondent, Governor Faubus and his military officers, must be firm, unequivocal, unalterable: that the governor of the State of Arkansas cannot and will not concede that the U.S. in this court or anywhere else can question his discretion and judgment . . ." Harper left one door open for retreat: "This is not to say that the respondents will not comply until they can be set aside, with orders, even though they may be made here." Then, with old-fashioned courtroom courtesy...
...staff grew JH virus in monkey kidney tissue, killed it with formaldehyde to ready it for inoculation. Though development of JH vaccine seems a big step forward in cold prevention, it is far from a sneeze-ending panacea. Pending further studies, the American Medical Association is withholding judgment. Still to be determined, among other things: whether the vaccine can be produced commercially and how long it gives immunity without booster shots. Dr. Price himself cautiously points out that so far he has discovered only one mild cold-causing virus. Says he: "There are at least one and possibly more viruses...
...caught fire while I was out," he chuckles, "my wife was instructed to forget the kids and start throwing the books out the window." Despite all his research, Evans willingly admits that the final defense of his pragmatic approach to problems raised by the English language is his own judgment. Says he: "I have a pretty strong ear and I have confidence in it. During the writing of the book, I kept three hats handy. When I was in doubt, I clapped one or the other on my head and issued an opinion ex cathedra...
...appreciate the discipline and diligence Jesuits have brought to the battle of ideas. Much of the distrust aroused in the past by the order that was instructed by its founder to be "all things to all men" has disappeared. There are few who would today second the sputtering judgment of John Adams: "If ever there was a body of men who merited eternal damnation on earth and in hell, it is this Society of Loyola...
...capable of transporting 167-590 men and 9,149 horses." It was to guard these that Napoleon sent his fatal order to Admiral Villeneuve, then in port in Spain, just above Gibraltar: "Wherever you find the enemy in inferior strength you will attack him without hesitation." Against his better judgment, Villeneuve sailed out from Cadiz with 40 ships to meet Nelson...