...position. Ball, in contrast, had produced several witnesses at the trial whose testimony indicated that there was nothing to be gained — and much to be lost — by forcing the Amish to comply with the state's compulsory school attendance law. Ball did have to treat...

...they look for me?" Khan said. "You know I can't answer that. No one can." Bourne had lied on instinct. There was nothing to be gained and much to be lost by telling Khan that the authorities had only searched for one hour. He was acutely conscious of wanting...

...stereotypes, is at best a half-truth. But in the fall of 2003, the dominant view in Shiite Iraq was that there was nothing to be gained and much to be lost by confronting the Americans directly. Whatever firebrands like Moqtadah al-Sadr might say, it was better...

...was no possibility in the next twelve months of getting Africans to change their attitude and that there was nothing to be gained and much to be lost by endeavouring to make them change their minds. He said that he felt strongly that Nyasaland should take...

...they look for me?" Khan said. "You know I can't answer that. No one can." Bourne had lied on instinct. There was nothing to be gained and much to be lost by telling Khan that the authorities had only searched for one hour. He was acutely conscious of wanting...

...Hitler was not irrational in reckoning that the British, if they were rational, ought to realise that there was nothing to be gained and much to be lost by carrying on with the conflict. Churchill liked to claim, both in his speeches at that time and in his...

...your worst, of course, you might see some personal advantage in supporting the new Establishment which there was nothing to be gained, and much to be lost, by repudiating. But this generalized belief in the interplay of Church and State as spiritual and legislative...