Word: offseting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example, some of the $123 billion could be offset by selling to a third party the complete rights to the Harvard name...
...strict criteria for inclusion in a new European currency by 1999, reports Paris Bureau chief Thomas Sancton: "The questions are: Can they create new jobs? Can they stimulate consumption through raising purchasing power and at the same time meet the EU goals? Unless the Socialists' plans can be offset by tax increases -- and in France, taxes are the highest in Europe -- they are going to run up huge deficits. If they do that, and if the rules are strictly adhered to by all the partners, the French are going to have a lot of trouble making the grade." Sancton notes...
...forensics lab. The report specifically criticized work done in the Oklahoma bombing case, saying that investigators had drawn unjustifiable conclusions and failed to follow proper procedures. Potential jurors may have heard about the report, although they are supposed to avoid any news about the trial, and that may offset the damage done to the defense last month when the press reported that McVeigh had "confessed" to his lawyers. Prosecutors have known about the likely contents of the report for months and have taken steps to minimize its effects, but the FBI's flawed lab work certainly damages their case. Indeed...
...school." Old fogy I may have become, but between 1960-61 and 1990-91 the average academic year of 19 schools surveyed had decreased 5.3%. Four of the 19 schools had increased the number of teaching days as much as 4%, but this was more than offset by decreases in school days at the University of Pennsylvania (8.3%), Oberlin and N.Y.U. (11%) and Princeton (17.9%). How can teaching days have decreased in the decades of the information explosion? DAVID BAMBERGER Cleveland, Ohio...
With the exception of a few brave souls, the law- makers who would need to rewrite the laws have the greatest interest in preserving them. So whatever pleasure the Republicans felt in watching the White House thrashing was offset by fear that Senator Fred Thompson's investigation of campaign finance would wind up biting them too. After all, the Republicans raised $200 million more than the Democrats last year without Air Force One or any presidential bedrooms to proffer. And while Bill Clinton may have sold tickets to his radio address, a minority whip called Newt Gingrich in 1990 offered...