Word: offset
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bennett said Monday, however, normal dispersion in the Lakes will offset this effect. He noted that all unclear generators around Lake Michigan will only raise the temperature one tenth of one per cent...
...last 100 years, the average Great Lakes temperature has dropped two degrees. Thus, the natural drop in temperature may offset any artificial increase, Bennett said...
Cornell may offset this Crimson advantage by one of its own. The Big Red is playing host to Harvard and, if any people show up to root for the Big Red, it could shake up the Crimson's nervous sophomores. When the Crimson lost to M. I. T. and Brandeis away from home, both teams had little experience but some fans...
...Before the month is out, President Nixon is supposed to reply to an Israeli request for 24 more Phantom jets and 80 Skyhawks to offset the sale of nearly 110 French Mirages and trainers to Libya. U.S. officials insisted that the Abu Zabal raid would not delay the decision. But a postponement would surprise nobody, for Nixon is bound to be faulted no matter what he decides. If he sells more jets to the Israelis, the Arabs warn that they might move against the American companies that now pump some $2.5 billion in oil from Arab wells annually. If Nixon...
Merger Confusion. The railway men have no shortage of excuses. For years, the rising losses on passengers were partly offset by profits from freight. But the freight business was hit hard by the merger two years ago between the Pennsylvania and the New York Central. The two railroads had separate freight yards in many cities, and in the post-merger confusion thousands of cars went to the wrong yards, causing costly tangles. The merger was also accompanied by the abrasive sound of personalities grating on each other; the scramble for a declining number of management jobs is not yet over...