He says it is a question of balancing the benefits and the risks.

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Each state is balancing those benefits and risks in its own way.

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But as is often the case, letting fear alone of the worst without balancing the benefits is not best way of making a qualitative long term decision.

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EU. Yet forging a common policy is hard, and centre-right governments may prove no better than have those of the left at balancing the benefits offered by the free movement of labour against voters' fears, often irrational, about threats to national identity.

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Another argument: Despite the flood of direct-to-consumer advertising on Vioxx, much of the responsibility for balancing the risks and benefits for Vioxx users fell on the shoulders of doctors.

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Because Medicare is now fully government funded and has no balancing of costs versus benefits for treatments, it seems rational to consider a different approach empowering users to help control costs.

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"This pilot program will help the CDA achieve many economic, operational, environmental and social benefits, achieving our goal of balancing people, planet and profit, " Aviation Department Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino said in the release.

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That figure has led legislators to seek alternative ways of balancing the budget, including possible reductions in health and retirement benefits for government workers, KHNL-TV in Honolulu reported Tuesday.

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Balancing your income over your lifetime also provides some tax-planning benefits.

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