He considered closing the doors to newcomers, but instead, he pressed managers and security guards into service as traffic cops.
When Khosrowshahi took over, he considered closing the program, since it could potentially cost billions of dollars.
So Mr. Wolf settled on the name Maseg-gvul V., with the V standing for Velvel, a common name that he considered close enough because the V looks like one-half of W. "All translations are difficult, but that's one of the charming nuances that hang over this," Mr. Wolf said.
When the Cherokee government refused to agree to his terms, Jackson as president signed a treaty in 1835 with an unauthorized minority faction, which he considered close enough.
Saville argued against the so-called Bomber Mafia; he did not believe that fleets of bombers were unstoppable, and he considered close coordination between ground units and tactical air power a key part of Army doctrine.
This was determined with comparisons to the insectivore Pseudictops and eurymylid Eurymylus, both of which he considered close to the ancestry of lagomorphs.
With the case officer's encouragement, the principal agent has managed to lure a potential subagent — a childhood friend he considers closer than a brother — out from the police state where he lives.
The foreign minister, Alain Juppé, who on Monday announced that he would give up his seat in Parliament, may be a compromise candidate, and he is considered closer to the former president Jacques Chirac.
Although Mr. Ben-Eliszer is a party colleague of Shimon Peres, who is to be foreign minister, he is considered closer ideologically to Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon, the Likud leader.
Chippendale says he never considered closing down his business.
