Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spite of Democratic portents, however, Ives should still win--by a whisker. This is because there are not enough registered voters in New York City, Harriman's stronghold, to offset the Republican edge in the more contented upstate areas. The key votes belong to the two million upstate voters who don't have to register. If they all vote, Ives will win. And what may well drive them to the polls are the very portents that the Democrats, their natural enemies, are running ahead...
Democrat Tom Burke does not even try to compete-and he may not need to. Burke has concentrated on Ohio's industrial centers, hopes to come out of them with enough organization votes to offset Bender's advantage in the rural districts and Cincinnati's Taftland. Burke dislikes to campaign. As the four-time mayor of Cleveland, he rarely had to try hard, and he much prefers to spend his evenings in cozy spots with a few old political cronies. His campaign speeches have been studded with such unexciting lines as "Canton has more replevins for merchandise...
...each modest success on Dulles' list, there were two or more major frustrations or setbacks; every Guatemala was more than offset by a Geneva. In each instance the small advances had been made when free men stood boldly together against Communism; the backward steps were invariably the result of division and fear in the free world-attitudes that the Communists never fail to exploit. Among the points of frustration on Dulles' list...
...canvases. His View at La Craii, also known as Vegetable Garden (opposite), is a consistent favorite, and calm as Cream of Wheat. Edging the leaders in popularity are Picasso and Cubist Georges Braque. The still lifes which Braque specializes in are nothing if not decorative, and their complexity helps offset the chill nakedness of many modern interiors...
...Arthur Larson last week: "Up until very recently, the Government in this country has actually been found at different stages ranged on one side or the other of the contest between employers and employees, at one time suppressing labor organizations, and later throwing its weight on their side to offset the greater economic strength of employers. Now, although the two forces are not in exact balance and never will be, they are near enough to that for the most part to make active Government intervention and interference unnecessary and even harmful . . . The essential role of Government in this...