Word: weighs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Michigan legislature, having come under increasing pressure with each ruling against the DeBoers, is considering altering the state laws to weigh children's interests more heavily. Public opinion in the state is running 81% in favor of adoptive parents, like the DeBoers, in custody battles with birth mothers. They took their case to the public, since the wrenching image of transferring a child between families was bound to aid their cause. Last week they shared with TIME the letters they have written for Jessica to read in the future. "Often you have comforted me," Robby writes, "calmed down my fears...
...wrong grounds. Only two days before the President named Ginsburg, his aides told the press that he was almost certain to nominate Appeals Court Judge Stephen Breyer. Clinton's personal chemistry with the candidates -- he was cool to Breyer after they met but responded well to Ginsburg -- seemed to weigh heavily in his decision. Although Breyer told the Administration about the problem weeks before, his fate was sealed by news reports that he had neglected to pay Social Security taxes for a domestic servant...
...little harder to find in the Lower 48, but it's there, at least in the West. If you are willing to carry your house on your back, turtle-fashion, the entire Western high country is yours for ski mountaineering. Perhaps because tent, stove, food, fuel and avalanche beeper weigh 65 to 70 lbs., you and your partner are likely to have the horizon to yourself, with (the thought occurs spontaneously after a seven-hour, 4,000-ft. climb) no other fools in sight...
This year the wind of change has turned into a familiar breeze. The 28 fall shows announced by ABC, CBS and NBC over the past two weeks (Fox is scheduled to weigh in this week) are a conservative, back-to-basics lot. The theme is old-fashioned, mass-audience entertainment, the kinds of shows the whole family can watch. Sitcoms next fall will favor tight-knit family units rather than funny workplaces, acerbic yuppies or angst-ridden teens. No quirky small towns, few hard-edged action shows and, surprisingly, only two new series with blacks in the leading roles (though...
...early to be making national policy recommendations that people should be taking vitamin E," said Rimm, who recommends that individuals decide for themselves how applicable the study's findings are to their lifestyles and dietary habits, and weigh the risks...