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Dartmouth is the mirror image of the Crimson, relying on powerful hitting to offset some shaky pitching...
...domestic sphere, early American taxes might be likened to compulsory capital campaigns meant to offset the immediate debts of war. The first direct U.S. tax (on dwellings, land and slaves; apportioned among states based on census data) was levied by Congress in 1798 in order to offset $2 million of the debt incurred by the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War the first federal income tax of 3 to 5 percent was levied by Congress in 1862 and eliminated...
Gains in Latin American fruit, flowers and other agricultural exports are supposed to help offset losses in other areas, and North America's normally pro-trade farmers are worried. Says Shawn Stevenson, a citrus and pistachio farmer in California's San Joaquin Valley: "It's hard to compete against folks who don't have the regulatory burden we do, or a minimum wage, or high fuel prices." Brazilian producers of frozen, concentrated orange juice are thirstily eyeing the U.S. market, in which they once enjoyed a 45% share. That was before the U.S. industry got Washington to impose whopping...
...find people," gripes Alessandro Ponti, head of Zetesis, an Internet services company in northern Italy. (Those laid-off workers in Silicon Valley might consider sending their résumés to Milan.) With more Europeans working and making more money, internal consumer demand ought to help offset the weakness in exports...
...work, American film noir seems to also play a significant role in Pope's aesthetic. (Film noir being another genre, besides comics, more highly regarded in Europe.) Particularly representative of his intelligent draftmanship is his use of two colors besides black and white - muted rose and slate blue - to offset highlights and establish changes of location. It's like a world lit by a gigantic, distant neon sign...