Word: outweighed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dose levels has yet to be developed and probably never will be, say Wardell and Lasagna. Therefore, it is unreasonable to expect drug developers to prove that their product is totally without risk. Every drug represents a compromise between risks and potential benefits. Only when the risks clearly outweigh the benefits should a drug be forbidden...
...Mozambicans who work in the South African mines; this represents more than half of Mozambique's national income. When electric power starts flowing to South Africa from Mozambique's Cabora Bassa dam in October, Mozambique could make another $50 million a year. Commercial ties probably outweigh ideology and are likely to continue...
...understandably angry. Although the F-16 was clearly superior, the Mirage was a smart performer itself and had other things going for it, among them a large number of French-speaking Belgians who would be outraged at a decision to choose the F16. But not even that consideration could outweigh aggressive salesmanship by General Dynamics and the U.S. Government. In the final hours before the decision, U.S. Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger sagely offered Belgian policymakers a rationale for buying the F-16 while at the same time mollifying French-speaking voters. He gave Belgian Defense Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants...
...think the Mayaguez incident was contrived to prove we are still a superpower in the Pacific. The political gains from the action outweigh the possible losses, but it is like limburger cheese: it is good, but it smells...
...plant's proponents that the project would be built anyway-in offshore waters beyond the county's jurisdiction-if Santa Barbara rejected their plan. In addition, the promise of the plant's potential contributions to the nation's energy supply and the local economy helped outweigh environmental fears...