Word: outweighed
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Frisch cautions that low estrogen levels can lead to temporary infertility. Still, the benefits of exercise seem to outweigh the risks, particularly for teenagers. Frisch notes that very active girls started menstruating around 15, three years later than average. The advantages, she believes, are twofold: better health later in life and a lower risk of teenage pregnancy...
...that the handling of this case does not meet my own standards or the standards of the University." Unfortunately, Dean Allison's tenure gives one every reason to wonder if his standards rule out such behavior. His desire to get money and power for the Kennedy School seems to outweigh his concern for the school's reputation and educational mission. Despite his claim not to have read closely the proposed agreement, Kennedy School officials maintain that Allison was involved at all stages and was given a preparatory memo that asked: "What is the most prestigious title...
...this vein, Shattuck and Spence seek to remove a large stumbling block to a closer relationship with the government: restrictions on information. While more federal funds may boost campus-based research, White House information policies produce an opposite effect which may far outweigh the good of more money...
Others believe societal benefits from rigorous screening and tracing outweigh the invasion of some individuals' privacy. Sometimes a "concern for civil liberties has led us astray," argues Ethicist Ronald Bayer of the Hastings Center think tank, who is a strong advocate of contact notification. "Obviously this is no panacea; the case is strongest where the level of infection is still quite low. But it seems to me that the right to know is also a civil right...
...realized that my participation in the forum would be used to some extent for propaganda purposes. But I believed that the positive significance of a public speech, after I had been gagged for so many years, would outweigh any negative effects...