Word: offset
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...production's overall atmosphere, neither tragic nor pastoral, settles somewhere in the netherworld of the mundane. A fairly simple set is not quite bare enough to avoid being distractingly eclectic. Nice touches, such as burning torches in the king's chambers and a flower-bedecked arbor in Bohemia, are offset by haphazard positioning of the settings and the action. The climactic resurrection of Hermione is blunted by clumsy staging. Though occasional flute passages are delightful, the music is generally sloppy...
Perhaps the most encouraging sign in the meet was the infectious team spirit Harvard displayed. Chanting and cheering before and during each event, the squad helped generate a momentum that offset the influence of the partisan Dartmouth crowd...
...election, Molloy would recommend an "innocent look": "You know-short hair parted on the side, blue blazers and gray flannel slacks, loafers and preppy ties. That's the only way someone with his problems can be credible." Should George McGovern rally to yet another national election, Molloy would offset his ultraliberal reputation with strictly conservative garb. "People thought George was unstable in 1972. One day he was Broadway George in his wide tie and snazzy suit; the next, his somber suit and narrower tie said Middle America." In fact, Molloy would urge McGovern to "out-Nixon Nixon" in conservatism...
Statehood brought Hawaii Sizeable increases in funds for education, housing and transportation, but these benefits lately have been offset by a meteoric rise in environmental problems, militarism and in-migration by mainland Americans...
...They block one-on-one at the line, and it's effective. There's nothing fancy about it," Restic said. "But there are variations in defense we can use to offset the pattern. Carm (Cozza) hasn't changed much over the years, and their basic system is the same. It's power football, and we'll have to find some way to stop it. It's that simple...