Word: weighs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...moral or ethical calculus here: he argues that Powell's achievements as the first Black person to be chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff outweigh the General's belief that bisexual, gay and lesbian people should be kept out of the military. I am not prepared to weigh the concerns of one oppressed group against the concerns of another...
...ample space that resident tutors occupy could be used to ease perennial overcrowding. Or, as the University might prefer, we could use the suites to house more students. In either case, the benefits to undergraduates -- either more space or lower tuition unquestionably out-weigh the loss of a few resident tutors. After all who wouldn't reject his or her tutor in exchange for a single bedroom of a few hundred dollars off tuition...
Rarely seen carried around a mere three years ago, notebook computers, those which weigh between three and eight pounds, have become a popular companion of the frequent traveler or industrious note taking student...
...from advance leaks. Primarily, the address gave the President a chance to start building support for a program that will face passionate opposition from an ersatz alliance of many interests being hurt, and he seized on it effectively. In plain but strong language, Clinton pleaded with the public to weigh the mild immediate pain of higher taxes against the far greater eventual pain of letting deficits run wild. "Unless we change," said the President, "we will be condemning our children and our children's children to a lesser life than we enjoyed...
...going to get it taken care of," says Tom Donohue, president of the 7.8 million-member American Trucking Association. "No point in talking to members of Congress right now," he adds airily. Wait until they get the paperwork, he says, and then he and his associates will weigh...