But headcounts in the street are not the only thing to weigh against lingering Syrian control.
But most entrepreneurs will at some point have to weigh loyalty against another of their values, like competence, honesty, or fairness.
"Obviously, the fact that consumer confidence and agricultural prices are weak is going to weigh heavily against the Democrat Party, " says Marshall.
Economists sigh that she ordered the Environmental Protection Agency not to weigh costs against benefits in enforcing certain provisions of the Clean Water Act.
On the other hand, you have to weigh that against the value that owning a home can add as an asset that you can later sell or borrow against to help provide for your retirement.
There is no attempt to weigh the benefits against the costs of shale gas by examining the range of environmental and economic trade-offs.
Only in that case will there be an incentive to weigh the cost against the benefit and make an informed decision regarding the trade-offs.
But empowering the patient to weigh the costs against the benefits and make this decision about his own health care would be morally unobjectionable.
Spitzer plans to end his probe into Citigroup and Weill but will continue to weigh possible charges against other individuals, notably former Salomon telecommunications analyst Jack Grubman.
Clinton is likely to weigh in heavily against the Senate's Medicare proposals, since he has said that income-based premium hikes and age eligibility changes were never intended to be part of deal.
But the government had to "weigh some risks against other risks", he added.
The Catholic Church in the state opposed the bill, and during senate debate, many legislators said they had to weigh their religious beliefs against their constituents' desires.
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Yet neither the CAMERA poll nor previous surveys by the American Jewish Committee or Brandeis which had similar findings asked respondents to weigh their support for Israel against support for the Democratic Party.
This is the approach of House minority leader Dick Gephardt, who as a likely presidential contender in 2000 has to weigh the benefits of reform against the risks of turning off the money spigot.
By contrast, in the short term it reckons that the votes of a few conservationists and well-to-do owners of second homes weigh lightly in the balance against those who have to make a living out in constituencies such as Stroud and the Forest of Dean.
At the same time, Mr. Butler, along with American, wanted the airline to have a robust stand-alone restructuring plan that creditors could weigh against a merger so each plan would compete to offer creditors the best deal.
What is missing is any serious attempt to weigh the merits of tax cuts against other pressing aims, such as reducing the debt or spending more on research and education.
Mapmaking has always been a complex process, requiring cartographers to weigh political situations, among others, against the needs of their audience.
In cases involving siblings, she said it's important to weigh the lasting harm of the victim against the desire to "make excuses for offenders" and give them second chances.
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Each deal is different: You will have to weigh the benefits of maintaining your investment against both the potential risks of the merger not being completed and the opportunity costs of not investing in another company.
But when they are combined with a 50% tax rate on higher incomes introduced in 2010, curbs on the immigration of skilled employees and regular tongue-lashings delivered against finance by politicians and policymakers, they will probably weigh against financial firms moving to or expanding in London when other financial centres beckon.
Here is a better way to value stocks: First, the investor should weigh the cost of capital against the firm's stream of current and future free cash flows to determine the asset's value.
In so doing, Cook may need to weigh the benefits for iPhone and iPad users against two potential negatives.
The idea is to weigh the tax impacts of moving money about against the potentialities that are out there for massive changes to the tax treatment rules on those accounts.
If you have a traditional 401(k), you also have to weigh the benefits of making pre-tax contributions against these Roth IRA advantages.
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That is, the Obama administration is forcing Israel to weigh the specter of a nuclear-armed Iran against the threat of an abrogation of its strategic alliance with the US in the event that it prevents Iran from becoming a nuclear power on its own.
We have to recognize that damage as a society, and weigh that against GM's needs.
Tesco had to weigh the cost of remeasuring and relabelling its products, against the expected revenues from greater custom.
But while the decision may ultimately seem to be a blow against investors, it could ultimately weigh in shareholders' favor.
They will weigh pressure for a powerful manager to reform the Vatican against calls for a new pope able to inspire the faithful, our correspondent adds.
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