Word: outweigh
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...cracking class barriers-but they concede that his achievements were more than canceled out by the demonic evils of Nazism. But many of those over 50, who remember the humiliation after World War I and the chaos of the Weimar Republic, maintain that Hitler's positive accomplishments outweigh the negative. The memoirs of Albert Speer, Hitler's architect and wartime production czar, are still a bestseller in West Germany eight months after publication (TIME, Sept...
Leftfielders. Ambitious sons of famous fathers are hardly unique in politics. With personality continuing to outweigh party loyalty as a political asset, an increasing number of candidates are emerging from leftfield to give voters surprising options. Some examples...
Giant Step. Nixon's message, of which Kissinger is the principal author, defines global objectives for the coming decade. Further, it treats the subject as a whole instead of a collection of separate problems. And it does so in a cool tone that allows realism to outweigh verbal flourishes. Nixon emphasizes not isolation, but rather more credible involvement. Thus he takes a qualified step back from the doctrine of almost automatic intervention in hemispheric affairs that drew the Johnson Administration into the Dominican Republic, a giant step from John Kennedy's rhetorical commitment to intervene anywhere in defense...
Commonwealth Edison officials also say that conversion to low-sulphur coal would increase the company's fuel costs by 50%-which the consumer would eventually have to pay for in higher rates. Scott feels that the social costs of pollution outweigh purely financial considerations. Impatient with "conferences, delays and extensions of deadlines," he aims to curb pollution by the previously neglected tactic of enforcing the laws now on the books. "No one has to live in an atmospheric sewer," says Scott, "and it's not going to happen here...