Sentence:  Such fascinating novelties in the score as the fugual treatment of `` On the Side of the Angels '' and `` Politics and Poker '' were handled splendidly , and I <WSD>thought</WSD> Rudy Bond and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made `` Little Tin Box '' even better than it was done by the New York cast ; all the words of its clever lyrics came through with perfect clarity . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  judge or regard; look upon; judge