21.   De Leon changed her mind, deciding that the benefits of Norplant outweighed the risks.

22.   Do the benefits outweigh the risks?

23.   Dr. Mark Leary, a professor of psychology at Wake Forest University, says that for some people, the cosmetic benefits simply outweigh the health risks.

24.   Even while struggling to spend down their accounts, most of those who use them say the benefits outweigh the year-end stress and the occasional lost money.

25.   Ergonomic regulation has long been a top priority for labor unions, who say the benefits will outweigh the expenses.

26.   Executives of both companies say they remain confident the deal will go through, and say long-term benefits far outweigh any pain from short-term stock declines.

27.   For life in general and humans in particular, they add, the overall benefits far outweigh the risks.

28.   For those women, the drug agency said, the benefits far outweigh its risks.

29.   For them, he said, the benefits outweigh the security risks.

30.   Goldstein says the benefits of diversification outweigh the loss of the state-tax exemption on out-of-state muni bonds.