So George Osborne and the prime minister have - I am told - just days to make a very difficult judgment.

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Weighing quantitative insights against the experienced judgment of managers is difficult.

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In China, collecting on a judgment can be very difficult and once the court issues its decision, it does not have a lot of power to aid in collection.

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That way, she avoids difficult conversations or judgment from Facebook friends and opens herself up to a new set of ideas.

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Congress enacted statutory Prompt Corrective Action rules that discriminate against smaller banks and make it difficult for regulators to use judgment during times of severe financial distress.

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When my son was diagnosed at age 5, I had many feelings of my own to sort out, a process made infinitely more difficult by others rushing to judgment.

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While I believe we had a strong case on the merits, enforcing and collecting on any judgment against those entities in India would have been difficult to say the least.

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The present public uncertainty has allowed Mr Berlusconi's coalition to pass legislation first to make it difficult to prosecute him and finally to bar him from judgment.

ECONOMIST: Letters | The

Before I move to an overview of the articles and the response you'll hear over the next couple of days, I want to suggest to you an approach to one of the most difficult questions that you face: How does one sitting in judgment on a case like this assess the reliability of what he or she hears and sees?

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