Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...terrifying naval superiority in the Pacific. Now the enemy was a cut below the U.S. Pacific Fleet in sea-air power, but it was not yet time for the U.S. to crow. Its newly won superiority was still too thin for broad-scale offensive action, and it was offset by the Jap's formidable holding of island bases (stationary aircraft carriers) in the western ocean...
...small part the Ferrying Command has offset the loss of the Burma Road...
...actors with the shining exceptions of Myrtle Tannchill, Mary Barthelmess, and Miss Swanson's dog. On the whole the play lacks the timing and spirit that are the life-blood of the sophisticated comedy it tries to be and even the attractive presence of the star does not offset the failings of the production. Thus the total effect of "Reflected Glory" would involve a bad pun about a dirty mirror. It can all be chalked up to experience Miss Swanson's and ours...
...performance of his cinematic career as the embittered young deserter, it is not good enough. His handsome, unlined face contradicts the profound words he is asked to utter. He does not for a moment look as if he had either thought or lived them. This deficiency is partially offset by the slick performances of bit-players Merivale, Nigel Bruce, Alexander Knox, Gladys Cooper, etc. Their considerable assistance helps make This Above All an entertaining, occasionally inspiring picture which almost came...
Production Off. TIME'S Index eased to 171.6 (estimated) in the April 4 week. Final figure for the preceding week was 172.0. A rise in steel output to an alltime peak was offset by lower miscellaneous freight loadings...