Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fresh Russian plane, tank and artillery forces were moved up to the front in an attempt to offset the weight of German numbers. Rested flyers, gunners and tank crews brought with them hope to the stubbornly retreating Red Army...
Changed Hours. Meanwhile the stores jam through one operation change after another. To take care of war workers and extra-busy housewives, most stores stay open until 9 or 10 one or two nights a week. To offset the transportation pinch a Sears, Roebuck outlet in Sacramento started a free bus service-a sales-getting scheme used for years in outlying Brooklyn districts. And counter revolutions go on endlessly: jams & jellies on the toilet-goods counter; dinnerware in the outlawed electrical-goods department; blackout accessories on the once-busy hosiery counter...
...basis of known fact, the opportunity is here. In a little while Germany may offset the advantage in air power which today lies with Britain and the U.S. An air offensive that is too late may have missed the one chance to prevent a final German victory in World...
Reason for the purchase: something had to be done to offset C.I.T.'s drop in installment-plan financing. With new-car sales taboo, used-car sales on the skids, and radios, refrigerators, etc. on the way out, C.I.T.'s first-half business dropped 50% to $433,000,000, a four-year low. This left C.I.T. with a lot of cash ($48,000,000 on June 30), plenty of ambition -and practically no place...
...sermon: such increases for any one group must not continue. Wage earners must forgo wage increases beyond those dictated by necessity. Ceilings must be put on many farm prices. (Price-controlled commodities have gone down, but this has been offset by a rise in uncontrolled goods.) Corporate profits must be cut. "Unless we step in and put a stop to further increases those ceilings will crack and our battle for stability will be lost. ... It means that the cost of living will begin to skyrocket, that demands will outrace incomes in a dizzy upward spiral that can only...