Word: offseting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...income of $1 million or more. And to help curb runaway executive pay, the President-elect may try to bar companies from deducting more than $1 million of an officer's compensation from corporate taxes, which was Disney's biggest worry. Clinton plans to use the money to offset a middle-class tax cut and finance such programs as infrastructure rebuilding and job training...
Finally, the most ambitious claim forwarded by "No on Three," that passage of the initiative would cost each Massachusetts family approximately $230, is also the most specious one. First of all, any increase in cost of living will at least partially be offset by reductions in the amount of money we now spend on incinerators and landfills. But, "No on Three" arrived at this $230 per family figure by assuming that all industries would need to adjust expensively their packaging methods and would then pass that burden onto the consumers, an assumption that is patently false. Many packaging industries--such...
...Clinton's proposed tax hikes for the nation, his figures add up to a $46 billion tax increase (the $150 billion is offset by $104 billion in tax cuts). This is nearly $100 billion less than Bush raised taxes in 1990 (thus making himself a liar by rejecting his 1988 promise of no new taxes...
...best seller Head to Head, M.I.T. economist Lester Thurow writes, "World trade in the next half-century is apt to grow even faster that it did in the last half-century. Any decline in trade between the blocks will be more than offset by more trade within the blocks...
Make purposeful use of capitals, underlining, positioning and spacing. If you use a typed resume, have it reproduced by photo-offset. Beware of using too small type or reducing a typed resume, as you may also reduce your readership. Use white or ecru paper with matching envelopes and paper for your cover letters. Don't use bright-colored paper-it will overshadow your message and is more likely to land in the waste basket...