It is never a pleasant matter to sit in judgment on the ethical transgressions of a colleague.

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Most Americans do not become members of a church to sign up for a crusade or to sit in judgment on miserable sinners.

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Ultimately, it is these institutional investors, more so even than the public shareholders of Blackstone, Apollo and KKR, who sit in judgment on their effectiveness.

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In contrast, the present generation of Britons, which presumably has never committed adultery, divorce, bad parenting, tree-hugging, overspending or even the odd drag at a joint, delights to sit in judgment on the royals who have.

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