Word: weighed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...company's senior managers that he "remains to be convinced" of the virtues of the three-week-old merger offer from First Interstate and its chairman, Joseph Pinola, 61. For the record, however, Clausen declared, "We are seeking more information about the proposal. When we get it, we will weigh its merits...
...summit was ill prepared, and the U.S. side did not have an opportunity + to weigh the proposals that were being offered. Both sides were contemplating in effect a nuclear-free world after a ten-year transition period. That would mean an abandonment of a deterrent that, in practical terms, has preserved the peace between the superpowers since World War II. Though the thought of eliminating nuclear war has overwhelming appeal, ill-conceived proposals may have the practical consequence of making the world less safe in the long...
...addition, although department members may sympathize with Spence's goal, the professors said, many will be reluctant to weigh academic promise as heavily as academic accomplishment when judging their potential colleagues...
...occurs at a time when Americans are paying less attention to party affiliation. A recent survey conducted for TIME by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman found that when Americans step into the voting booth, 61% of them switch between parties. This tendency may be accentuated by the fact that local concerns weigh far more heavily than national issues in this year's congressional races. Says Democratic Media Consultant Robert Squier: "It's almost as if the states have seceded from the national parties...
...Eighteen months and many sketches later, when Voyager assumed its basic shape, it was a textbook example of featherweight design and construction. The shell is made from quarter-inch-thick panels of Hexcel honeycomb, a resin-coated, paper-like polymer, covered with graphite fibers embedded in epoxy. The panels weigh just 4 oz. per sq. ft. but have remarkable tensile strength; the ends of the craft's thin, 110-ft. single wing can flex up and down as much as 35 ft. without breaking...