1.   As the mediator, the United States is now probing to see if Israeli security concerns are balanced by a desire to keep the whole negotiations process going.

2.   But in addition, Bowen must walk a tight political rope, balancing safety concerns against intense pressure to continue the tradition.

3.   But what makes Greenberg remarkable is that like a skilled juggler, he keeps these varied concerns deftly balanced in one work.

4.   By law, the Fed now must balance its concerns over inflation with efforts to promote job creation.

5.   Carlson said that he knew it was going to be tough to balance concerns and that he was happy that so many people had shown interest.

6.   Conyers said he had tried to balance concern for civil liberties with the need to fight terrorism but noted he still had reservations.

7.   Even as she rises to the pinnacle of a distinguished career, Albright, a grandmother of two, continues to balance concerns shared by millions of working mothers.

8.   Gramm, who spent the Vietnam years studying and teaching economics, said Congress has an obligation to balance foreign policy concerns against the lives of American troops.

9.   His home state was the biggest coal-mining state, and he often walked a tightrope, trying to balance economic concerns against environmental ones.

10.   Like all regulators, the Office of Pipeline Safety must balance safety concerns with economics and engineering practicality, she said.