Word: judgments
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...distinctions between personality traits and personality disorders. Mental-health professionals often find this an impossible task, and now it's being put before factory supervisors." Henry Saveth, an attorney at Foster Higgins, which represents leading corporations in employment disputes, is concerned that traits such as chronic lateness or poor judgment may be linked to psychological impairment. Says Saveth: "Employers are going to face the issue: How much special treatment do they have to give to their poor performers?" This question, he says, "is going to lead to endless litigation...
...woman in Taylor's life. He plans to build a house, improve his French and learn to play the cello. But the same angst that led him into drugs is still there. "I'm an entertainer, so I'm very sensitive to what other people's judgment of me is," he confesses. "When I engage someone else, I care very much what their opinion of me is, perhaps more than I might at this age." For Taylor, it seems, there is no escaping the loneliness of being human...
...emergency morning-after contraception because of personal moral objections, as described in your story [HEALTH, April 28]. And it is shocking that the California Pharmacists Association supports such an outrageous breach of professionalism. Emergency contraception is just that--contraception, not abortion. A pharmacist should not substitute his or her judgment for that of a licensed physician by refusing to fill any prescription that has been issued by a doctor. ALEXANDER C. SANGER, President Planned Parenthood of New York City New York City...
Over and over, Janet Reno has said that when it comes to whether or not to ask for an independent counsel to investigate Democratic campaign fund raising, she will rely on the judgment of the true-blue career lawyers in the Justice Department. Reno didn't budge even when it became known that FBI Director Louis Freeh advised her to opt for an independent counsel, saying she would stick with her gang of untouchables. So just who are these folks...
SANTA MONICA, California: O.J. Simpson was a bit more forthcoming about his income and how much he spends on household items in a Friday hearing as lawyers trying to collect a $33.5 million judgment against him investigated his finances. But Simpson still frustrated lawyers by continuing to insist that, try as he might, he just can't seem to find his Heisman Trophy. Or, for that matter, an Andy Warhol painting, not to mention $100,000 in personal loans and $72,000 from the sale of his two cars. Every time over the past year and a half that...