Word: weighing
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...mail address is widely known and my door is open for those who want to weigh in,” he said...
Cyber review sites vary in how they are organized. On large ones like Amazon or Epinions, visitors are invited to weigh in on the goods displayed there. At more focused operations, such as the Internet Movie Database or RollingStone.com contributors think out loud about one topic, like movies or music. And then there are the lemonade stands of cyberspace, personal Web pages where just one person--JoeytheFilmGeek, say, or the Flick Filosopher--issues opinion for anybody who happens to stop...
...missile defense, because it's going to suck a lot of money from things they consider more important priorities - tanks, troops, ships, things they can move around on the battlefield. Guys in the Pentagon will talk about missile defense as pie-in-the-sky, but that won't really weigh on the bureaucratic outcome. That will depend primarily on the President, and whereas he kept out of the issue of remaking the military, leaving it to Secretary Rumsfeld, who ultimately punted, he's more likely to press hard for missile defense. And if he does, it will happen no matter...
...military is warning that the intifada is likely to continue for at least the next five years. And as much as Israeli voters are behind the Sharon right now, they're unlikely to accept being locked into the current violent stalemate for the foreseeable future, which forces Sharon to weigh new options...
Opponents of the reform argue that it distracts lawyers from their primary obligation: rigorously advocating the interests of their clients. But backers say the new policy will force lawyers to weigh their obligations to clients against their larger duty to society. Read between the lines, and you have an implicit acknowledgment that lawyers could do something to improve their image. "There's been a recognition, particularly when there's a danger to life and limb, that lawyers ought not to be legalistic," says Nancy Moore, a Boston University professor of law who helped draft the proposed new rules...