Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...caveat before I proceed: this being October, I'm going to admit to the malaise that curiously befalls most Americans around this time of year, the playoff fever that makes us abdicate good judgment and sound priorities when baseball is t stake...
...webzine ran a story about Henry Hyde's sex life it would make a big splash inside the Beltway. But no sooner had Salon started playing in the media big leagues than Talbot began acting like a Steinbrenner, firing his Washington bureau chief for grousing publicly about his news judgment. Did Talbot forget that journalism -- especially web journalism -- is supposed to be about freedom of speech...
That whole attitude does not leave much room for compromise. Within the White House, these are not days of wise judgment and thoughtful debate. It is clear to those close to him that Clinton's game is gone, his instincts dead, his psychological state a mystery. He is fearful, unsure of what to do, unable to answer questions about resignation with anything like his earlier conviction. Meetings with his Cabinet and lawmakers have gone uncharacteristically badly...
...need is a shell, a suit filled with straw, a marionette controlled by the vacillating tide of public opinion. Certainly there needs to be forgiveness for human failure. But there is a great difference between a lapse of judgment and the ongoing practice of deliberate, damaging behavior. Those who cannot control their own impulses should not be given the role of controlling nations. STAFFORD WILLIAMS Maudsland, Australia...
Clinton's demonstration of repeated errors of judgment should be of deep concern not only to the American people but also to the whole world. This is the man on whose judgment we rely in a wide range of international issues, including armed nuclear response. JOHN DEVERE-LOOTS Kloof, South Africa