1.   But critics said the boycott showed that some doctors had allowed political considerations to outweigh the best interests of patients.

2.   But many other Cubans say political considerations outweigh the sacrifice of those who are now turned away, a view rooted in an uncompromising hostility toward Castro.

3.   But this reality has changed few minds, perhaps because political considerations outweigh humanitarian instincts until heart-wrenching, televised scenes become domestic prods to international action.

4.   Economic considerations more often than not outweigh outstanding individual numbers as well as common sense.

5.   Like almost everybody else who is moving to Sun City here, she said the family considerations outweighed everything else.

6.   On Thursday, Morris said intelligence and foreign relations considerations outweighed other public interest considerations in the case.