Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Economics Offset Price Rise...
...introduction of student waiting in the colleges and of the self-service system in the Commons came as economies to offset the price rise and particularly the growing cost of labor...
...Gulf Stream, its houses by water piped from its many hot springs. The best natural element of defense is Lake Thingvalla, which, because it is fed by these hot springs, never freezes, and is therefore ideal for flying patrol boats. Otherwise the advantages of the natural defenses are offset by the scarcity of roads and materiel-scarcities which the Yanks knew their Army would not be able to alleviate too soon...
...with them, organize their spare-time activities. They are another instance of how the Roman Catholic Church has flourished for so long: by fostering religious orders suited to the times-Benedictines in the Dark Ages to give a Christian meaning to manual labor, Franciscans in the 13th Century to offset the Church's luxury, Jesuits in the 16th Century to lead the Counter-Reformation...
...result of the Battle of Russia may well be millions of Russian workers to swell the Nazi labor battalions; new Slav divisions to swell the Nazi Armies. Where can Britain and the U.S. turn for man power to offset this menacing mass? If Britain is democracy's European bastion, the U.S. democracy's arsenal, China is its untapped source of vast potential fighting power. Chiang's war messages make it clear that he has long been waiting for the democracies to see this point. If they do not, they can be sure that Hitler will...