Among the qualities required in audit committee members are basic soundness of judgment, independence of mind and a healthy degree of scepticism.

We can only hope that future follow-ups to Lisbon will apply the same policy and demonstrate the same soundness of judgment and consistency.

To acquire soundness of judgment is essentially a matter of absorbing a sense of the norms operating in the agency which guide discretion at field level.

But those of us who have been waiting all these years to learn everything there is to know about Crosby can only be grateful for Giddins's depth of detail and soundness of judgment.

For intelligence, well-cultivated talents, integrity, and usefulness, in soundness of judgment in the practice of virtue and in shunning violence unequaled by few men, and in the purity of excelled by none.

Throughout his career as Speaker, the Encyclopædia Britannica says, "he exhibited conspicuous impartiality, combined with a perfect knowledge of the traditions, usages and forms of the House, soundness of judgment, and readiness of decision upon all occasions."

His expertise and soundness of judgment has always been saluted, but rather few observers over the years have been moved to eloquence about the character of his interpretations, and veiled or unveiled complaints of earnest dullness have been heard.

In spite of his great age, he continued to write on economic and financial problems with his accustomed lucidity and soundness of judgment, insisting on the necessity for Italy to return to freedom of trade and to reduce government interference in business matters to a minimum.

As a judge he was noted "for inflexible impartiality and great strength and soundness of judgement".

A former trustee of Horace Mann, he served with dedication, conviction and soundness of judgement.

Arthur Merton, a fellow member of the Cairo Rotary Club, remarked in 1936 in the aftermath of the Abuwtiyuw discovery that Reisner "enjoys an unrivalled position not only as the outstanding figure in present-day Egyptology, but also as a man whose soundness of judgement and extensive general knowledge are widely conceded."