Word: weighing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bush, "only if the President is willing to back them up." Clinton could bask in the South Lawn signing of the 1993 agreement because Arafat and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin were willing to make peace on their own. The test for Clinton now is whether he is prepared to weigh in when the two leaders aren't willing...
Plaintiffs' lawyers can contest the defense studies and ask the jury to weigh personal example against laboratory empiricism. For example, in the Louisiana trial plaintiffs intend to note that one of their claimants was rushed into emergency surgery after what her doctors said was silicone began leaking through her skin from a ruptured implant. Marcia Angell, executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, decries the "pseudo science" that links breast implants to illness: "It comes down to which side has the most personal experts and puts on the best show...
...That figure is expected to rise to 40% by 2010. California and Florida lead the U.S. in number of cremations. People who pick cremation see it as simpler and less expensive than a burial--and it certainly consumes less space. The average cremated remains weigh about 6 1/2 lbs. and take up about 200 cu. in., the volume of a small shoe...
...antiobesity medication in more than 20 years, the drug enjoyed one of the fastest launches in pharmaceutical history. Both the FDA and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, which markets Redux, knew about the possibility of brain damage at high doses. But they also knew people who are morbidly obese--individuals who weigh 30% more than average--face even greater risks that they will die young from heart disease, diabetes or stroke. "We made the decision that the benefits outweigh the risks, at least for the population we identified," says Dr. James Bilstad, the FDA official who oversees drugs for metabolic disorders...
What I can assure you is that I weighed this case, as I weigh all cases, with great care. I reached my decision based on all the materials and testimony before me, having carefully reviewed the dossier several times and taken into account the entire range of views expressed. In cases where I decide not to approve a recommendation for a tenured appointment, I do so knowing that my decision may well be questioned, sometimes strongly, by some distinguished scholars whose judgment I respect. In these circumstances, I know of no way to proceed other than to be as comprehensive...