The book offers judgments, case histories, impressions, surmise.
A section on the A.N.C.'s turn away from nonviolence, for example, doesn't offer judgments.
Mr. Bush, whose travels overlapped with Mr. Obama's in Tanzania, declined to offer judgments about his successor.
Of the marriage, Mr. Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky and his impeachment, many classmates are reluctant to offer judgments.
How quick we are to offer judgments when Jewish-owned artwork is discovered in ex-Nazis' homes (Modernist art haul, 'looted by Nazis', recovered by German police, 4 November).
Unlike most Washington columnists who offer judgments with Olympian detachment, Mr. Safire was a pugnacious contrarian who did much of his own reporting, called people liars in print and laced his opinions with outrageous wordplay.
After Mr. Jawad wrote that all life was equally worth preserving, part of the man's response was, "Don't you think an agent of Arab nationality deserves to be killed?" Mr. Jawad wrote back in part, "It seems to me that many people are quick to offer judgments based on political views so those who oppose them are always agents and infidels.
The OECD report offers judgments about the competencies and qualities scientists need to influence policymaking.
A report by the National Council for Teacher Quality (NCTQ), released yesterday, raises questions and offers judgments about selected teacher education programs in the U.S.
You also read on expecting a big finish, where Smith offers judgments in light of the financial crisis, as his title promises: where Wall Street's going.
