The project has so far failed to weigh seriously the worst-case consequences, he adds - a major release from waste containers.

Perhaps they comforted themselves that they would not actually have to seriously weigh their attributes for another eight months.

At least nine governments are seriously weighing plans to put their state-owned telephone companies up for sale in the months ahead and others may follow.

It seems fairly clear that King Hussein seriously weighed changing succession long before his first bout with cancer, in 1992.

A fool's question: it meant she was seriously weighing Rif's offer, asking the price.

Never had he seen a Soviet or Russian government seriously weigh the use of nuclear weapons.

She said she was seriously weighing a candidacy as an independent and would announce her decision by the first part of next week.

It was imported from abroad at prices that seriously weighed on currency balance and limited industrial growth.

The ruling, however, has dismayed Ms. Leibovitz's attorney, who said he was seriously weighing an appeal.

For that reason, the officials said, the Justice Department decided to revoke their immunity and seriously weigh the possibility of proseution.