Word: weighed
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...told my comrades, "We've achieved our goal. Maybe the Americans have learned their lesson. Now they have the time to think it over and weigh the consequences...
Meanwhile, federal prosecutors are doing some lobbying of their own. They filed a sealed report last week asking Wood to consider at least some of the dozens of other allegations against Milken that the government dropped in its plea-bargain agreement. Judges are free to weigh dismissed counts in reaching a sentence. But if Wood does decide to review the dropped charges, Milken has the right to defend himself at a hearing that could add months to the sentencing process...
...Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the main culprits are wild boars, descendants of animals imported to North Carolina in 1912 for hunting. The boars weigh as much as 136 kg (300 lbs.), and, says park official Joe Abrell, "tear up most everything in their paths." Man is responsible as well for oriental bittersweet, a vine imported to control erosion. It is strangling trees. Says park resource specialist Keith Langdon: "Once it gets a grasp on the land, it doesn't relinquish...
...Where am I really going on the fast track?' " says psychotherapist Marlin. "They aren't dropping out, like in the '60s, but they are more introspective about the kinds of things they feel are ultimately going to be satisfying." Increasingly, couples speak of "quality-of-life" issues, as they weigh the demands of work against the desire for more family and leisure time. Worship at the career altar is becoming passe...
Examining all options to defuse the crisis, the U.S. has begun to weigh the possibilities of toppling Saddam from within. That, however, would be no mean feat. There is no organized opposition in Iraq and no dissident movement to speak of. Saddam has seen to that by killing or imprisoning all foes, real or imagined. According to British diplomats, he had some 50 senior military officers, including several generals, shot when they balked at his plans to raid Kuwait...