Word: outweighing
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...under-representation of women on the Law Review is a concern, but I’m not inclined to think an affirmative action plan is the answer. I think that in this context the costs of affirmative action would outweigh the benefits of putting another handful of women on the Review,” Kagan wrote in a statement. “I think we should focus instead on discovering the reasons for gender disparities within law schools generally; that would be a very significant contribution to legal education...
...needs a firm response. First, it needs to be clear that it will not be manipulated—whether by an oil baron, a media tycoon, or the Kremlin itself. Second, it needs to assert priorities with respect to Russia and determine whether the benefits to national security really outweigh the complications an oil project would bring. Finally, the U.S. needs to decide whether Putin is in fact a facilitator of U.S. interests. If not, it must ask whether it is prepared to embrace global partnership with a handful of oligarchs who bankrupted their own country during the first decade...
...while the overall benefits of a united campus clearly outweigh the advantages some residents see in the Quad lifestyle, it’s easy to lose sight of them in the Allston shuffle. “To me, the River is kind of hectic and a little impersonal,” says Doug G. Mulliken ’05, also a Crimson editor, who just transferred from Quincy House to Currier. “The Quad is more like a college atmosphere.” If the Quad stops housing undergraduates, it will be the final step in Harvard?...
...despite the glory of Nike-sponsored athletic teams and school cafeterias Brought to You by the Coca-Cola Corporation, I am not convinced that the benefits of growing up in these Branded United States of America outweigh the unique experience of a childhood really spent in places like Kingman, Arizona or Waco, Texas—my father’s childhood hometowns...
...steadily from ad-supported services to subscriber-supported services," says Rob Helm, director of research at Washington-based independent analysts Directions on Microsoft. "It saves a lot of money when it can get rid of entire infrastructures, so the savings made by getting rid of the whole thing may outweigh the marginal gain. It's a business move with social benefits." It remains to be seen whether MSN's shutdown will have much effect on the David Hippersons of this world. But regardless of Microsoft's ultimate motivation, parents' fears and corporate bottom lines seem on the way to making...