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In his ruling, Judge Kaplan said some of the auditing standards issued by the accounting oversight board were "couched in rather general and in some cases inherently subjective terms" that were subject to a wide range of interpretations.
"'Offend', 'insult', and 'humiliate' are highly subjective terms open to all manner of interpretations.
Of course, there are different ways to resolve the failure of the act and I agree with you that subjective terms are less than ideal.
In a similar vein, the American psychologist B.F. Skinner tried to account for the acquisition of subjective terms in language by a theory of verbal behaviour.
The authors stress that "the best" and "informed" can be subjective terms, and that your prognosis can often look very different if you "flip the frame" of reference.
Coal may also be classified in grades using subjective terms (e.g., "low-sulfur coal," "high-ash coal") with reference to their impurities for commercial purposes.
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"Affordability is a really subjective term for Latinos," Mr. Rodriguez said.
This goes to show that wisdom is clearly a subjective term.
"That's not a subjective term there," said Richard A. Grenell, the spokesman for Ambassador John D. Negroponte.
"We of the Americanism commission have come to the conclusion that it is a subjective term; it means just what you choose it to mean".
Despite beauty being a subjective term, recent research has found that "inhabitants of more scenic environments report better health", but again this often comes back to the presence of nature.
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