Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Carlucci indignantly rejects any thought that this pattern is applicable to the U.S. today. It is "ridiculous," he says, "to say that our country cannot afford 5.9%" of gross national product, approximately the current rate for national defense. Yet Congress is reflecting a judgment that gargantuan deficits ($147 billion this year) will eventually cripple the economy. They cannot be significantly reduced without a whack at planned military spending, which constitutes 27% of the entire budget...
...against Campbell soup and flight attendants against American Airlines. While supporters describe his approach as a welcome addition to strike tactics, critics attack him as a glory hound who seduces local unions into pursuing his interests -- publicity and influence over the rank and file -- rather than theirs. Whatever the judgment, in an era of union retreat, Rogers provides a rallying point for labor...
Thomas Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson reserved judgment on the faculty committee, but said that FAS's composition will not change until President Bok takes the initiative on the issue. "There isn't enough central leadership given to these issues," Kilson said. "What you have at places like Duke and Stanford is quite the opposite--the center holds in these matters...
...experience it from their preconceptions and prejudices. But someone has to instigate the liberation. If the university is to be an elite preserver of standards, one apart from society, then it follows that within the university there need to be individuals with the authority (and willingness) to pass judgment untrammeled by common sentiment...
...disturbing insight into my psyche circa 1984. Now I'm not proud of this, but I filled in the last question on the application form. That was the one which asked if we had any special talents or qualities which the admissions committee should be aware of before passing judgment on our young personages...