Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...city of Halifax has a peculiar claim upon our sympathy. The Canadians are our allies, of course, but historically Halifax is closely related to Boston. It was founded in 1749 largely at the instance of the New Englanders as an offset to the French fortress of Louisburg; the trade relations of the two towns have always been close; and at the time of the Revolution many of the prominent citizens of Boston--the Tories or Loyalists--emigrated to Halifax; and fine old Boston names--some of them extinct here--are to be found on the tablets of the interesting eighteenth...
...they anticipate an increase in registration after the close of the harvest season. Reports of college registration indicate that the entering class is, in nearly every case, of normal size, but that the upper classes have suffered heavily. In a few cases the loss in the upper classes is offset by an exceptionally large freshman class...
From a financial point of view the decrease in registration has placed some institutions, especially those deriving a large part of their revenue from dormitories, in a serious situation, to offset which emergency funds have in many cases been raised by alumni...
...speculator is a risk-bearer. Millers and grain buyers in the country "hedge" by short sales on the exchanges when they buy to grind or to ship. If the wheat the miller buys to grind goes down, and with it the price of flour, his loss is offset by a profit on the short sale, and vice versa. When "futures" at Winnipeg were forbidden recently, grain ceased to come in from the farms, as buyers were afraid to buy from the farmers unless they could "hedge" by a "future" at Winnipeg. The prohibition had to be removed. (4) By collecting...
...evidence presented by the University and Yale delegations has apparently gone far to offset the testimony of the college pracifists. Yale's representatives testified yesterday and those from Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania had a hearing this afternoon...