Word: outweighed
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Nevertheless, many businessmen, particularly banking and retailing executives, have concluded that the benefits of the tests far outweigh the risks. For one thing, they are quicker and more efficient than background checks, and cheaper too ($35 to $150, vs. an average of $300). Meantime, with a recession putting more pressure on the bottom line, executives feel more vulnerable to quick-fingered workers. The American Polygraph Association claims that as many as three out of four employees handling money and merchandise steal. The total take: $20 billion or more a year...
...perennial concern--should a majority with a slight interest outweigh a minority with a large interest--can be solved here very easily. If young men are going to fight wars, give them some voice in deciding which wars are worth fighting. Let them "vote with their feet" by deciding when the situation merits volunteering for military duty. The record indicates this would protect America--in the first five days after Pearl Harbor, 15 million people signed up. The informal range of opinions sampled on the steps of the Lexington Post Office, however, indicates it might not protect the oil companies...
...Zionist government." Frustrated Palestinians often warn of the likelihood of a serious Arab use of the "oil weapon" by mid-1981. Adnan Abu Odah, a Jordan-based director of the World Affairs Council explains, "This is the question: How to make America's awareness of its liabilities outweigh its commitment to Israel...
...winter," he says, explaining that as temperatures fluctuate, some students want the heat on, while others open windows, wasting energy. Because they have no concrete evidence of conservation benefits, some administrators and faculty say the drawbacks to changing the calendar--in both educational and financial terms--outweigh many positive savings a revised schedule would afford...
...residents were willing to live under Palestinian sovereignty. Although the settlements have a symbolic importance to nationalist zealots, even some Israeli military experts agree that the outposts would be of little use in forestalling an external attack. Moreover, the animosities aroused among Palestinians by the settlements would seem to outweigh whatever minor security advantages they provide. If anything, the presence of the settlements has merely strengthened Palestinian resistance. Observes Columbia University Professor Edward Said, a noted Palestinian, with a touch of pride: "Throughout the occupation, and with all the intimidation and temptations the Israelis have tried, they have been unable...