Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sound. He nearly does so in this performance conducted by Eugene Ormandy. The Philadelphia Orchestra, augmented by extra horns, winds and percussion, and the Temple University Choirs of 250 voices are welded into an instrument of blockbusting power and variety: four brass bands blaze the summons to the Last Judgment, and the woodwinds whisper as Tenor Cesare Valletti sings the poetic Sanctus...
...immediate goal, he said, is legislation to end "injustices to Negroes at the hands of all-white juries." For the jury is "the cornerstone of our system of justice. If its composition is a sham, its judgment is a shame. And when that happens, justice itself is a fraud, casting off the blindfold and tipping the scales one way for whites and another way for Negroes...
...Pollster Sam Lubell reports that about one-third of the people interviewed by Lubell consider Johnson to be a "better President" than Kennedy. The corollary: two-thirds still think that Kennedy was the better President -and if practical accomplishment alone is to be the criterion, that is an odd judgment. The fact is that people want and need legends as well as accomplishments; the ability to lift, to inspire-to become legendary-is in itself an accomplishment no less concrete because it is intangible...
Kahn's idea of the "rational" use of force shows the inadequacy of his approach. For Kahn, the criterion of "rationality" is not morality, justice, or even a judgment on the ends for which force is employed. "Rationality" is merely a degree of "reasonable control," as assurance that violence will always be consistent with its goals. In an age when an accidental of miscalculated war can bring universal disaster, such emphasis is admittedly important. But the vagueness of American ideas on what is wanted after the violence--and to his credit, Kahn deplores this vagueness--casts doubt...
...Farnsworth stressed that innocent experimentation can easily get out of control. He once again cautioned against the use of all drugs, including marijuana, which he said "impairs judgment and leads to self-defeating behavior...