Word: weighed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Court of Appeals recently ordered the Federal Power Commission to review its approval of the plant so as to give greater weight to the project's effect on the environment, marking the first occasion on which the FPC has been told to weigh the technical need for a utility against its effect on the scenery, fisheries or other equally relevant conservation considerations...
...Johnson would certainly have left himself open to censure by the voters-and by history-if it became apparent that the suspension of air strikes against the North had endangered the success of the war or needlessly cost allied lives. In deciding to resume bombing, the President had to weigh the risk that North Viet Nam would respond in kind and that Red China might even be jolted into making good its shrill threats of intervention...
...decided not to define that word 'substantial,'" the dean said yesterday. "I don't think we'd consider a preference for some style of architecture, or for one House dining hall a sufficient reason. But we'll weigh each individual case...
...selection committees have a tough job which I am sure we do not always do well. We must seek to weigh a great many imponderable factors. But these factors relate strictly to the individuals, and not to their colleges. The wonderful thing is that there is so much outstanding talent and character in so many different places...
...This is certainly no time for unwarranted price increases which can lead to inflation. It is time to consider the larger national interest, to weigh the impact of unnecessary price actions against the sacrifices of our men in Viet Nam, and to act accordingly...