1.  On the evidence, the hearing officer considered that only the reduction in the disposal of scrap material amounted to a proven and readily quantifiable benefit.

2.  In his judgment, Hoffman J considered that the court looks at the substance rather than the outward appearance.

3.  As for biotech funds, consider that most of the companies in that field are unprofitable.

4.  At HealthNet, the committee charged with approving drugs considered it last week, but delayed deciding and said it needed more data, Yukelson said.

5.  Despite the reversal, Chisholm and others considered that her bid could have had a positive impact on future black women candidates.

6.  For those who consider America a healthily meritocratic country, with a less healthy penchant for political correctness, the past week has been something of a revelation.

7.  In a city known for noise and attitude, a sport considered one of the most contemplative in creation has its devotees.

8.  In his last two pages, Budiansky considers the looser definition of consciousness, concluding that no nonhuman species has subjective experience, feels pain or is self-aware.

9.  In the long-term, what many independent entrepreneurs considered the utopian dream of the Internet as a musical free-for-all is disappearing day by day.

10.  In Russia, the paintball, whitewash vandalism considered de riguer in the United States is nowhere to be seen during a Moscow winter.