Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Experience has brought what may be a better judgment: it is simply not in the perceived self-interest of those in vested seats of power to think and act in terms that will alter their power relationships with those who do not have power... the whole weight of their perceived self-interest militates against basically creative thrusts of mind and will, however much the heart may reach out for those who are less fortunate in that they have no power...
...Jungle of the Cities should be more than a well-acted mood piece with occasional flares of brilliance. It is regrettable that the Agassiz company saw fit to drop their imaginative critical judgment and stand with unquestioning awe in the temple of Brecht. The Goodhead himself probably thumbs his nose in the Holy of Holies...
...elsewhere, of negating the impersonalization. But these are big words for an accumulation of small satisfactions. Jean Carmel thinks that because the students spend their semester at Wellmet in an atmosphere of real tragedy they are forced to draw upon their own deepest experiences to respond to and exercise judgment on residents. The responsibility is similar to that of determining the fate of a family member. "Certainly they possess idealism and altruism," she says, "but their most striking characteristic is a belief that they can find answers themselves. They do. They get back tenfold what they give...
...week and the scorecard on Reagan's performance was tallied up even such powerful critics as Democrat Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh conceded: "I think, all in all, that Reagan did very well." In the opinion of Pollster Don Muchmore, the Governor did so well that "by Californians' judgment, Reagan's presidential possibilities are considerably improved...
...Quang has warned Thieu and Ky that, in his judgment, their actions have been worse than Diem's. He has even threatened to renew his campaign of "nonviolent opposition"-which in Tri Quang's lexicon means anything from mobs of rock-throwing youths in Saigon streets to a full-scale attempt at a coup d'état. But Thieu and Ky are confident that they have the dissident monk under control. "My duty," says Ky bluntly, "is to crush all disturbances of whatever origin...