For the moment, judging which interpretation of Beijing's move is correct is a guessing game.
Miss Tobin's skill lies in judging which of a number of shows will best please a particular client.
After this weekend, energy economists might have trouble judging which way the wind is blowing in the oil markets.
"We don't know who is judging which categories, and we also don't know who the photographers are," explains Loftus.
I am incapable of judging which works best, or indeed if any of them work at all.
The IWF is entrusted by the Government and police with judging which online content is illegal and should therefore be removed.
But if there are no "independent standards" for judging which interpretation of an event is true, as Mr. Fish says, then why is Ms. Sontag's interpretation "accurate"?
Participants send in a 1.5kg sample of their homemade salami for judging, which last year resulted in more than 25,000 slices of salami.
The tricky part is judging which countries qualify and, over time, measuring whether they are making good use of their aid.
But my favorite job was at Housing Works, where I stood at the sluice gates of the incoming book donations and was tasked with judging which ones would be elevated to the shelves on the book floor.
