Word: offset
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Vienna, came close to weeping, and tore up pieces of paper. At a closed session of Labor delegates, even former Premier Golda Meir wondered aloud whether Begin had lost his senses. Meanwhile, a new "denial unit" in Begin's office, created to offset critical press stories about him, was working full time to explain away the Premier's rostrum behavior...
...power of this song is offset by two awful turkeys, "Adam Raised a Cain" and "Streets of Fire." Almost identical, they throb like a migraine with leaden, new-wave-inspired beats while Springsteen growls incoherently and lays down overamplified guitar riffs. These songs seem to be his answer to the anger of punk rock, but they sound more like annoying filler material...
...gains, but vetoing the entire bill just for this would hurt the economy. On Jan. 1, taxpayers face some $6.6 billion in additional Social Security levies and the expiration of about $11.5 billion in temporary income tax cuts enacted during the Ford Administration. Unless the resulting tax increases are offset by new reductions, the drain on consumer spending power could lead to a recession...
Though Strauss promptly hailed Bethlehem's action as a "major breakthrough" and an example of "good corporate citizenship," its effect on inflation is likely to be largely symbolic. For one thing, the projected 3% increase comes on top of an April increase of 1.1% to offset the cost of the coal-strike settlement, and an earlier, 5.5% rise in February. Even if the company abides by its pledge, its 1978 price increases will still total more than the industry's 8.5% average in both 1976 and 1977. Meanwhile, the nation's three other largest steelmakers...
Roughly 40% of all American women now hold jobs, a substantial change in the past two decades. Naturally, a two-paycheck family faces more complications in moving, especially if one spouse's raise might be offset by the other taking a cut. When an electronics executive was asked to shift from Boston to Maine, his wife, a nurse, could find nothing to match her present job. Their decision: to remain in Boston. Having diligently worked up to assistant vice president at Bank of America's home office in San Francisco, Richard Easley, 33, was offered a reward...