Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...committed that action is on our territory, he will be held accountable, and he will be brought to judgment. If it is proved that this action comes from the leadership of the P.F.L.P.-G.C., then we will deal with this matter at that time. We must distinguish between an individual action and an official action. I find it extremely unlikely that the P.F.L.P.-G.C. can be behind this action, because this group more than any other concentrates its activities totally on the occupied territories...
Africans are anything but embarrassed about this cultural distinctiveness. Cecil Skotnes, one of the handful of creative white religious artists in South Africa, insists, "Urgency is the basis of all great art. This urgency is no longer apparent in European or U.S. art." That judgment may be too sweeping. Yet there is no question that African Christian art, serene and savage, florid and austere, stands virtually alone in the vigor and authenticity with which its practitioners seek to express the inexpressible...
...natural instinct is to charm, to disarm, to retreat from harm. The nervous giggles, the wispy, high-pitched voice, the ingratiating brown eyes and perhaps even the plump figure all seem protective camouflage. For Wasserstein, self-mocking humor has always been the first line of defense against both the judgment of others and her enveloping Jewish family, which cannot understand why a nice girl like Wendy is not married with children at 38. Even her closest friends sometimes find her hard to take entirely seriously. "With that stupid little voice and ratty fur coat," laughs fellow playwright William Finn...
Knowledge is power, the saying goes. It can be dangerous, but it can just as easily be used wisely. "I do have faith," says Case Western's Murray. "Not that the judgment of people is always right, but that eventually we will preserve a good measure of fairness and justice. If we can absorb Copernicus and Galileo, if we can absorb Darwin and Freud, we can certainly absorb mapping the human genome...
...right now, it is hard to determine who has worse judgment--some ballplayers or their fans...