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...Judiciary Committee's mishandling of Professor Anita Hill's sexual-harassment charges against Clarence Thomas. A compelling speaker with a winning smile, Moseley- Braun, the divorced mother of a 15-year-old son, became a media star. But as she swept to victory, she was criticized for poor judgment and a sloppy campaign...
...college ... makes no moral judgment aboutprojects being built by Hydro-Quebec," said VicePresident and Treasurer Lyn Hutton. "This decisionis made for reasons specific to our community...
...group, calls "an unerring instinct for the important" -- the ability to figure out which issues are peripheral before that becomes obvious to others, and to avoid spending any more time in a meeting than needed to accomplish his purpose. Colleagues praise him for other lawyerly virtues as well: sound judgment, discretion, the ability to absorb technical minutiae fast without losing sight of the big picture, a willingness, says a friend, "to work his ass off." Berger is kind to secretaries, seldom crabby and uses a quizzical, ironic humor to defuse stress. He loves the front line of politics; he helped...
...Hillary's law practice, where it would have been inappropriate for her to discuss some case she had. Otherwise we have always just talked about our business, her business and mine, and given our opinions and helped each other to think through problems. I really respect her judgment. On a lot of these things, she has this mountain of knowledge and experience...
...country's 50 active coal mines seemed at first only a political blunder. Industry and Trade Minister Michael Heseltine's decision last October drew public and parliamentary fury that forced him to announce that, on second thought, only 10 mines would be closed in the short term. In the judgment of Britain's High Court, even that order was "unlawful and irrational," since Heseltine failed to consult with miners and unions as required by law. The government must start its closure proceedings all over again...