Word: offset
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often frenetic process revealed some open disagreements between the President's political and economic advisers. Most notably, a number of economic aides sensibly favored an additional tax of 100 to 300 on each gallon of gasoline on the grounds that it would not only offset revenue losses caused by granting some tax relief to the poor, but above all, would also depress demand and lessen the nation's dependence upon overpriced, inflation-fueling foreign oil. But in the end, the President was swayed by the arguments of his political advisers. They warned that such a proposal would be poison...
...persons most suspicious of the law-enforcement process," says Chicago's Wexler. "It may be worth a thousand Officer Friendlies." Indeed, compensation in some states depends on the victims' complete cooperation with police and prosecutors. Thus the growing use of compensation laws will provide financial incentives to offset the reluctance of victims to become complainants and witnesses in the long, frustrating judicial process...
Gyllenhammar remains convinced that Kalmar will work. "We think the extra capital involved will be offset by increased productivity," he says. Still, Gyllenhammar is a prudent manager, and Volvo is prepared to adapt if the Kalmar experiment fails. The plant was designed in such a way that it can be re-converted into a conventional assembly line at a minimal cost...
Maloney and his staff held a $100-a-couple dinner in Framingham last month to offset the expenses. They plan to hold a few $5 dinners in the coming month. Maloney added that other community groups may plan fund-raisers of their own, but that the headquarters will not assume an active planning role...
...generally good news for tenants on the CHA front was offset a bit by developments surrounding state rent control regulations...