Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, it seems to me that removing even the pretense of objective judgment on the part of the Academy ruins the positive effect that awards can have on artistic production and cheapens the reward to those who have achieved something special. Besides, it's more fun to watch a contest that has at least some real drama...
...fallout from Iranscam. If present developments in the U.S. -- on which naturally one can make no judgment -- weaken the Administration and the President, that would be bad for everybody, for the U.S. and the free world. We need a strong U.S. Administration, one open to dialogue. So we would regret, and fail to understand, that impassioned reactions should put in question the authority of the Administration. Still, I am confident in President Reagan's ability to overcome these difficulties...
...opinion. Although he still believes the ABM treaty permits Star Wars testing, Sofaer conceded that his methodology had been flawed, a failure he attributed to young staff lawyers. Some Senators rallied to the defense of Sofaer. Democrat Ernest Hollings of South Carolina criticized his colleagues for "rushing to judgment" and argued the "record shows no ambiguity that the Soviets refused again and again to agree to prohibit future systems...
...were charged with murder, rape and kidnaping, and prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty against Heidnik. Twenty years ago, Heidnik's father, Michael, 74, a former Eastlake, Ohio, councilman, disowned the son, and he has not seen him since then. Last week he proclaimed an even harsher judgment: "Somebody who does something like that ought to be hung...
...Hillela is more than just another woman who has turned sexual attractiveness to her own advantages. Gordimer writes that her heroine "has never been one to make mistakes when following her instincts," and this judgment is confirmed throughout the novel. Hillela's behavior, even at its loosest and least conventional, does not seem calculated but rather a natural response to the proper, perhaps even the moral, demands of shifting situations. Looking back on his time with her, a friend from the early days says, "She was innocent." Later, marked by personal tragedy and the rough- and-tumble life...