Word: offset
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tung and Chou Enlai, to Paris for talks with French leaders. Peking will probably also try to strengthen its ties with Japan and the U.S. Ironically, the Communist triumph in South Viet Nam could push China into a closer relationship with the West and Japan in an effort to offset growing Soviet influence in Southeast Asia...
Political Awareness. There is also concern, at least among whites, that once the Portuguese presence is gone, old tribal differences may assert themselves. To offset this danger, Frelimo officials have been conducting a political awareness campaign all over the country, 90% of whose people are illiterate. Teams of young recruits have scoured bush villages to advertise Frelimo's political and social doctrines-no drunkenness, only one wife, equal rights for women (Frelimo has women soldiers and one woman Cabinet member...
Looking around me. I noticed for the first time that Mem Hall had been transformed into a Barnum and Bailey-like infiemary. Bunches of helium filled balloons dotted the area, occasionally rising to the dusty rafters. This festive touch was offset by the green operating tables full of donors which took up half the building's floor space...
...occupying students demand increased financial aid to offset the $650 rise in student expenses; continuation of a remedial program aimed at disadvantaged students: increased enrollment of Asian and minority students; no cutbacks in staff; and complete legal and academic amnesty for the students who have participated in the takeover...
...Connally's unlimited financial resources and shrewd political mind will help to offset those weaknesses. Through all his troubles. Connally stood far above the gray men of Nixon's administration. In a fight between the leaders of the poles of the party. Reagan and Rockefeller, he might be an ideal candidate to step into the vacuum in the middle...