Word: outweighed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...COURSE, the privacy concerns of many of the parties involved--not least the two women--far outweigh the public's need to learn the details of this sordid story. It is important that the University and the press understand how traumatic it is for victims to stand up to their harassers...
...prove scientifically, many of the chemicals in hazardous wastes are believed to cause cancer and birth defects. More than 66,000 different compounds are used in industry, and less than 2% have been tested for possible side effects. Over the years the dangers of slow, toxic seepage may far outweigh the confined outburst of a primary disaster...
Government legislation, as opposed to pressure from the private sector, will only aggravate inequalities which capitalism creates. The long-term cost of instituting government agencies to oversee the distribution of wages in the corporateworld would outweigh the advantages completely and would render the legislation very unpopular...
...women who would have legal abortions today would still want illegal ones tomorrow. The pro-life movement will have to deal with that, and with the specter of abortion black markets and back-alley butchers. In practice, it just might be that the costs of abortion laws would far outweigh the benefits...
...real goals in space are peaceful. Reagan is fascinated by the commercial possibilities; these fit neatly with his campaign theme of establishing "New Frontiers" of technological progress and economic opportunity. Reagan and others cite studies purporting to show that the technological and economic benefits of the space program outweigh the costs by 14 to 1. They note such practical spin-offs as hand-held computers, digital watches, long-lasting flashlight batteries and Teflon-coated frying pans...