It takes nerve to hold your audience in suspense for microseconds until you judge it is ready for the punchline.
And to the extent that you can judge it, what is the public thinking and saying about this situation?
And for what it's worth - and you can judge whether it's worth a lot or a little - bankers themselves do not believe they're being given an easy ride by the authorities.
Chief among them is, yes, you guessed it, Judge Dredd, who was played by a glum Sylvester Stallone in the fairly dreadful 1995 film "Judge Dredd, " and who is played this time around by Karl Urban.
"Mr. Ranta, to say that I'm sorry for what you have endured would be an understatement and grossly inadequate, but I say it to you anyway, " Judge Miriam Cyrulnik said during an emotional hearing Thursday that left even the judge wiping her eyes.
If you have reliable new evidence - comes to light, and a judge can look at it and say, you know, if the jury had heard this at the time of the trial, they probably wouldn't have convicted this person.
If you have not reached an agreement before a court hearing is due with the lenders, turn up at court, because if you are not there it may well be that the judge cannot do anything other than order you out.
And it's saying to the judge, you cannot risk allowing this information to be disclosed because even though you may not understand it, there is grave damage that will be caused to the national security.
"The business case is for us, it is for you to judge us on what we deliver, " he said.
If a company owns IP and produces and sells a product using it, how do you judge whether the revenue is from the IP, from manufacturing, or from sale?
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But again, if the President outlines ideas that the Republicans have previously supported, and then Republicans seem unwilling to support the ideas they supported then now, you can leave it up to others to judge why it is they don't want to participate in a solution that we all agree and we've said in the past would put people back to work.
"You can't sit here and judge and talk about a team winning a championship unless you've done it, " James said, responding to Evans's suggestion in the New York Daily News that the Heat's recent title was tainted by the lockout-shortened season.
Well, you know, you cannot judge what goes on in our business because it's all about money.
"You can judge these policies by their goal, and it's very much a goal of short-term stimulus, " Souleles says.
Granted, it's impossible to judge the quality from our compressed eyes-on video, but if you can't make it out to NAB, you'll just have to take us on our word that these really are quite stunning.
Judge the health service by what it provides for you and your family when you need it.
But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
Yesterday, we told you that a judge recommended New York City reinstate an employee that it had fired for surfing the web during office hours.
Isn't it true that the judge had issued her order before you met with Ms. Lewinsky and before you made the calls?
CNN: Transcript: White House Counsel Ruff's opening statement
Film stars aren't always the best judge of when it to call it a day, and you might fear the worst as Eastwood grouses about his pee in the first scene.
Travel teaches you that we can't always judge others' behavior by how we do it at home.
"Every year people are trying to judge players from past and present - it's a thing you can't really do, " Chisnall said.
Sometimes it's easier to meet people in person because then you can judge body language and vocal tone.
Governments don't have a monopoly on it, and we can't -- you can't judge the intentions of another country by looking at its force -- like by looking at its force posture.
When you watch this video, you may judge us harshly, but I want to share this story because I believe it says a striking amount about one of the starkest cultural shifts our country has ever experienced.
If you begin to read the 1700-plus pages of Judge Kessler's order, it's a wonderful recitation of the history of the tobacco industry and all the wrongdoing they've done for the last 50 years, probably as well written as I've seen anything.
"It's absolutely impossible to judge the physician's behavior fairly when you know the outcome, " he says.
Isn't it a fact that Judge Wright filed her order on December 11, before you met with Ms. Lewinsky?
CNN: Transcript: White House Counsel Ruff's opening statement
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