Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Martin's job. obviously, was to offset this cornfield maneuvering with cloakroom argument. So effective were his efforts that, when the decisive vote finally came last week, the Southern Democrat-Midwest Republican coalition was punctured and the trial-by-jury amendment collapsed with...
Soak the Rich. Having already borrowed the legal limit from the Bank of France and hoping to borrow more to offset the government deficit, Mollet had encountered Bank of France Governor Wilfrid Baumgartner, conscientious keeper of the country's precious bullion reserves. Said smooth, silver-haired Baumgartner: "I want collateral-taxes. And quickly." Mollet's answer: a soak-the-rich tax program that hit corporation earnings, dividends and inventories, added four francs per liter...
...January to last week's 87% seemed about over; many steelmakers reported a pickup in orders. The good news came at just the right time. Steelmaker after steelmaker said the U.S. is in for another steel price rise, for the twelfth consecutive year since World War II, to offset an automatic wage rise in July. Some plugged for $10 a ton, claiming that last year's boost of $8.50 was insufficient. Others wondered whether the steel market could absorb another price increase without further slackening demand, suggested a smaller boost. The best guess: July's increase will...
HUERA officers recognize the professional ability of their opponents, but add, "That's more than offset by the fact that we know what we're talking about." The company union's executive board includes representatives of each employment category from the different divisions of the University, in the Cambridge-Boston area...
Today the invading woodsmen bring an undefeated record to Soldiers Field, as their 2-0 mark is the only pure slate besides Yale's. Repetto may oppose Van Riper again, but the more probable Green choice is righthander Ron Judson, whose fine curve ball is sometimes offset by a tendency to wildness...