Word: outweighed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This competition started with the Harvard National Scholarships and it has extended principally to the small colleges. Authorities have been tempted to make a student's need a secondary consideration, and also let an attempt at geographical distribution outweigh the needs of often more worthy Eastern students...
...York's Representative W. Sterling Cole, chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, countered that, by his information, the Russians had a thermonuclear bomb all ready for delivery. Cole, a conservative Republican, believes that the alarming extent of Russian atomic power must now outweigh all considerations of balancing the budget. "I don't find it hard." said Cole, "to choose between financial ruination for my country and atomic devastation." His recommendation: $10 billion more a year for air defense...
...enemy can very well voice our feelings about it," says he. "It's a bad tax." But he and President Eisenhower feel that the U.S. needs the $800 million that an extra six months of excess profits taxes would yield. Thus, Congress itself must decide whether expediency shall outweigh an admitted evil...
...plan, however, overrates the differences between the Houses. Though each has particular distinctions, the Houses are all allied with the customs and standards of the entire College. Once placed, few undergraduates are unhappy in any House whether or not it was their choice. They learn quickly that basic similarities outweigh the differences and that any House develops a loyalty among its members. A freshman does not have to fit the House stereotype to enjoy living...
...think Westinghouse could learn anything running plants like Hanford or Oak Ridge; they had become management, not development, projects. "Our engineers advised us," says Price, "that naval propulsion was likely to be the first practical application of atomic engines. In warships, the advantages of increased range would outweigh the high costs of the engine. So we went after that as the best means of gaining nuclear experience and at the same time solving practical problems which would have application in our business...