Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...offset this gloomy inquest, one may delve into the writings of the modern apostle of moderation, Stuart P. Sherman. His happy philosophy sees in the new order of life a perfectly natural reaction against the complacency of the old regime which led to that inverted climax; the greatest war in history. In his essays, such as "My Dear Cornelia" there is a sanity and a sense of proportion lacking in the more radical novelists. Mr. Sherman shows considerable ability in distinguishing highways from byways...
...conflict, little instruction in regard to our own foreign policies, our-own wars, and the united efforts of many kinds now being made to eliminate the causes of war and to ensure the peaceful settlement of international disputes. We are doing little or nothing, in other words, to offset the militarization of the mind of our youth...
...charity can be regarded from no point of view with anything but approval. Harvard is the last large university in the East to adopt this method and it is to be hoped that the experience of other institutions will, in contributing the success of the plan here, more than offset the delay in its adoption...
Unfortunately, all the notable British political parties had supposed that the Cabinet had instructed Sir Austen to oppose the claims of Poland, which are admittedly being put forward by her ally France to offset the entrance of Germany into the League. British public opinion promptly crystallized against the admission of any other state than Germany to the League Council at present; and Sir Austen found himself in a completely awkward position. His position became almost untenable, late in the week, when the British press began to hint that Sir Austen had deliberately bargained with M. Briand at Locarno, the price...
...long as the present prosperity continues, the President need have little fear of a Democratic victory, Booming business, enjoying the Republican blessing of tax reduction, is a powerful argument to offset criticism of administrative peccadilloes...