Word: judgments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prospects for effective treatment insist that despair is an outmoded psychological reflex. Yet among people who live with AIDS, optimism is a suspicious character. Too many bright hopes of the past didn't pan out. So this is a moment in which, for anyone with feeling and judgment, feeling and judgment are unsettled...
Your comment that "Faced with a big judgment, Simpson could simply declare bankruptcy" contributes to the public's misconception about our bankruptcy laws. Debts for "willful and malicious injury" cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, provided a timely complaint is filed. If the civil jury finds that O.J. Simpson is liable for money damages for killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, the facts necessary for that type of verdict would also serve to prevent that judgment's discharge in bankruptcy. While nothing prevents Simpson from simply filing for bankruptcy, his legal bills are the only thing likely to be discharged...
Students currently do not know enough or care enough about the council to be able to make the best judgment about who should lead it. Candidates should not be chosen on name recognition. However, if students are expected to make their choice based only on posters and table tents around campus, then this is the likely outcome. It is hard for students who have little familiarity with the working of the council to judge best who can unify the council and work with the administration to accomplish real student goals...
...lessen the never-ending tensions of the Middle East? How to confront the emergence of China? How often should the U.S. come to the rescue of struggling young democracies? We are handing over a significant portion of power to a woman--asking her to provide insight and judgment on matters which frequently mean life for some and death for others...
...Benjamin R. Kaplan '99-'98, Eric M. Nelson '99 and Lamelle D. Rawlins '99. Still, these are the only candidates who have political pasts and widespread name-recognition on campus. As a result, these are the only candidates who now appear to have a legitimate chance of victory. Inevitably, judgment calls were made, but this is not unusual. Bob Dole got a lot more campaign coverage than Alan Keyes...