Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ernest Richardson of Princeton suggested another solution to the cataloguing problem. With super simplified "title-a-line," cataloguing, costs would be cut in half, and the catalogue would readily locate 95 percent of the library's books. Although the additional funds made available for books would more than offset the five percent of the library "lost," such inefficiency does not appeal to the administrator indeed, the overseers claim the catalogue is already oversimplified...
Among a freshman's disappointments, the worst is often relegation to Claverly. Not that Claverly itself is undesirable. Its rooms are generally larger than those in any House, and it is located near Widener, Lamont, and classes. These physical assets, however, do not offset the major fault in parcelling out the Gold Coast dormitory: the Claverly resident's detachment--both physical and psychological--from his own House. Despite real improvement in the Claverly problem, the University has not yet accepted the only adequate solution--to make Claverly clearly and permanently a part of Adams House...
RECONFIRMATION RULE, which has plagued air travelers for more than three years, will be dropped June 15. After that, passengers will no longer have to check in six hours before flight time to confirm their reservations. Airlines decided that the savings were more than offset by passenger ill will...
...completely equipped with them by mid-1956. Included in the total: 35 all-chair cars, seating 67 passengers apiece, six diners, six dome lounge cars. While the height (15 ft. 6 in.) will cut speed on the bends, Santa Fe feels that on long-distance runs that drawback is offset by less noise and vibration...
...steady goaltending from Dudley's Oscar Swenson and Kirkland's Gordie Lunn may give the Rineharts enough defensive strength to offset the Wintergreen power. Rinehart captain and center Paul Brennan of Dudley can also count on a pair of sturdy defensemen in Kirkland's Mike Moskow and the Commuters' Art Tallas...