Word: weighs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Markham says democratic elections would helpaddress the concern that personal connections andbackroom deals weigh too heavily in SAC selectiondecisions...
...prewar years there was no intelligent management at Ford. When I arrived at the end of the war, the company was a monolithic dictatorship. Its balance sheet was still being kept on the back of an envelope, and the guys in purchasing had to weigh the invoices to count them. College kids, managers, anyone with book learning was viewed with some kind of suspicion. Ford had done so many screwy things--from terrorizing his own lieutenants to canonizing Adolf Hitler--that the company's image was as low as it could...
...though Japan said that it issued a formal apology to South Korea because it "colonized" Korea but never colonized China, it did invade Manchuria in 1931 and occupy it until 1945. Furthermore, the mass killing and rapes of 20,000 girls and women in Nanjing in 1937 continue to weigh heavy on the minds of Chinese people within national boundaries and abroad. This is a history of violence not easily forgotten...
Even if Chicago wins its case, gun makers will still weigh the costs of potential lawsuits against the costs of decreased revenues. The court system will also have difficulty determining who is to blame when criminals gain access to guns...
According to Ellis, an even greater mystery is the giant squid's relationship to its chief predator, the sperm whales, huge ocean beasts that weigh up to 60 tons...