21.   But demographic trends are tipping the scales in favor of bad-boy clauses.

22.   But politicians say there are enough Latino voters to tip the scales in close elections, and both major parties are starting to court Latinos.

23.   By moving the party to the South and West, Goldwater tipped the scales away from Eastern elites like Nelson Rockefeller.

24.   By word and deed, Tim McVeigh tipped the scale against himself.

25.   Compromise is always a part of lawmaking, but the abandonment of the racial-justice provision tips the scale.

26.   Elvis Presley tipped the scales.

27.   ESPN, the sports programming lunker, has already tipped the scales with its catches.

28.   Except after this competition, he tips the scale a few pounds heavier than before.

29.   For her, the scales are tipped in favor of the deer.

30.   For Michelle McKinney, five years as a teen-ager living in a North Hills group home tipped the scales toward life over death.