Word: offseting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deal collapsed. That was uncomfortably below the $54 a share that Bell Atlantic had pledged to pay for TCI. Malone, whose personal stake would have been worth more than $1 billion under the merger agreement, demanded more Bell Atlantic shares to offset the decline in price. But Smith, who noted that issuing more stock would dilute the value of existing holders' shares, refused to comply. "TCI is a great property," he recalled, "but we would have had to give away nearly half our company to do this deal...
...stark beauty of their music is offset by the uncompromisingly doomed outlook of their lyrics; like a lover who delicately cuts you and forces you to stay and watch yourself bleed, the Junkies draw you into a wonderful, desperate, lonely world. Their songs so often perfectly describe the physical pain of broken hearts, the lonesome, romantic path down the road of fated love...
Fidjestol's tumble was a visual encapsulation of Norway's final week of ) preparation. Its meticulous planning was offset by Ulvang's provocative remarks and by a barrage of bad press and hostile poll results about high- living I.O.C. members -- who will have cars when even Lillehammer residents must ride buses or walk, who stay on expense account at the best hotel when ordinary Norwegians are priced out of most housing in Lillehammer and some are camping overnight outdoors, and who consume foods and beverages considerably grander than the communal cafeteria fare of the athletes. Some I.O.C. Pooh- Bahs were...
...case, the ultimatum is narrowly drawn. It does not authorize air strikes outside the Sarajevo region. The Serbs will not even be required to lift the city's siege. NATO hopes that will happen if the Serbs can no longer use their big guns to offset the Bosnian government's advantage in manpower. But if the Serbs withdraw their artillery while keeping up the sniper fire that has killed many Sarajevans, that would not trigger air strikes. How come? Says U.S. Ambassador to NATO Robert Hunter: "We did not want to create any illusions that this will...
...Women who drink caffeinated coffee all their lives are likely to suffer losses in bone density. Drinking a daily glass of milk, however, can offset those losses...