Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...shows good head-work. His height and weight often give him a considerable advantage over his opponent, but in Van Vleck, the Yale centre, he will have an exceptionally fast man to contend with. The forwards, Allen and Currie, are rather light, but their speed and agility more than offset their lack of weight. Currie is the steadier player and is the best foul-shooter on the team; Allen is erratic, although his work is often very brilliant...
...other with the second team. The practice was very encouraging, the first team scoring twice on the second, and three times on the 1911 team. The forward pass continued to work very successfully, and a great deal of ground was gained by its use. Its success, however, was somewhat offset by the frequency of the fumbling...
...following table shows the registration in all departments of the University on September 30, 1907, compared with the corresponding day last year. The figures show a net gain of 4 in Harvard College, the considerable gains in the Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior classes being offset by a decrease in the number of Seniors, due to the increasing number of students who complete the work for the degree in three years. The Lawrence Scientific School, which is passing out of existence as an undergraduate department, shows an expected decrease--from 202 to 118; but the Graduate School of Applied Science, which...
...ease-loving friend, and Consuelo, his wife, are confident that he will find a purchaser. On the other hand, Dona Paz, the traditional mother-in-law, scoffs at it, and praises, instead, the daubing of Pepito, whom she has secret hopes of marrying. Her disdain is more than offset by the enthusiasm of Pepe's father, a comical, loving old gentleman with an unmanageable tongue. Pepe returns with the picture unsold. Soon after this shock, a millionaire plantation owner, Don Manuel, comes from Havana to help Pepito, his nephew, whom he has never seen. He mistakes Pepe for Pepito, buys...
...second great evil that the investigating committee found in the slums was the environment in which the children were raised, which it described as containing all the influences that tend toward unrighteousness and corruption. Much of the best work that has been done in New York to offset this environment has been accomplished by means of new school-houses, recreation centres, and open playgrounds. In the last few years $80,000,000 has been spent by the School Committee of New York in this work...