Word: weighs
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...Administration continued to weigh its next move, the Navy released its report on the May 17 Iraqi missile attack on the U.S.S. Stark, which killed 37 sailors and crippled the frigate. The report left unclarified the central mystery: Why had the Stark not taken prompt action to defend itself when an Iraqi plane's radar locked on to it? According to the Navy, the Stark's antimissile weapons were "operational," meaning they could have been activated by the push of a button, but no button was pushed...
...Dukakis's inexperience with foreign policy may weigh down his candidacy. One of the central challenges facing the Massachusetts governor as he moves to form a national coalition is formulating policies to deal with issues involving the Soviets and the Third World, where he has little experience...
...efforts were further damaged, perhaps fatally, in April when Judge John Collins felt it necessary to clarify for Merola the legal theory on which the case would be presented. Merola wanted to broach two theories of what the jurors could consider to be larceny; Collins allowed them to weigh only one. Says a retired Manhattan judge who followed the trial: "It is pretty embarrassing for the prosecutor to have the judge straighten out for him the indictment and the legal theory behind it." The sensation of what was primarily a dozy trial came just after the jury began deliberating...
...allegedly illegal acts; he can lay a long, complex story before the jury in its entirety. He can use the testimony of minor conspirators to convict more important figures; Channell and Miller have already named Oliver North as their co-conspirator. And in conspiracy cases a jury can weigh hearsay evidence...
Clark also declined to discuss the details ofBerkeley's offer or the factors he will weigh inmaking his decision. He said he has had "full andfriendly discussions" with Spence and Fine ArtsChairman Neil Levine about the possibility of hisdeparture...