I felt like answering back, "You talkin' to me?" I would love to claim that, almost two hours later, and after hearing the rights and wrongs of the case, I was able to offer sound and impartial advice, but "A Separation," though in many respects a cramped domestic drama, yanks us to and fro with a fierce and spacious energy.
One is that having a third party provide data is seen as a more sound and impartial approach (that's one reason why, when Facebook recently disclosed some measurement bugs, it made sure to announce that it was opening up more of its data for third-party verification).
I realize I don't sound like the impartial journalist that I should be when I say this, since I cover the FCC closely, but I will very much miss the presence of Commissioner Clyburn there.
Reinhard Zimmermann commented in 1995 that "Goldstone's reputation as a sound and impeccably impartial lawyer coupled with his genuine concern for social justice have invested him, across the political spectrum, with a degree of legitimacy that is probably unequalled in South Africa today".
As always, the object of the exercise is to make propaganda sound like truth and special pleading look impartial.
The Energy Information Administration, with its mission of providing "independent and impartial energy information to promote sound policymaking" and "efficient markets," was created in response to the energy crisis of the 1970s because lawmakers believed that sound data could help the country avoid similar crises in the future.
Mr. Margulies writes so incisively and subtly about the fissures that can lead to ruin in loving relationships that the play's forays into matters of purportedly greater moment — the ethics of remaining an impartial chronicler in the face of human suffering — can sound tinny and dutiful, an attempt to inflate the play's significance by adding commentary on current affairs.
Not only did Finn helm their last three studio albums, but he served as an invaluable member of the band: part adviser, part impartial observer, he helped smooth out tensions and hone their sound.
It does sound suspiciously like what used to be said about judges: that they should be impartial and do the right thing.
