Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Churchill, if he won, would not be enough to offset the unions' inevitable demand for higher wages; Beer does not think he could unify-the country as he did during World War II. The Conservative leader has offered to take Laborites into his cabinet--if he is elected--but Beer figures that Labor "might want the Conservatives alone to take the blame for the rough winter coming up." More-over, this is an old Churchill tactic, and Beer doubts very much that Labor would join up, in any case. "Even in 1940 it took Munich and Hitler on the march...
...length and in Technicolor, the film shows that sororities have their points, e.g., a cozy sense of belonging, but none to offset the hurt they inflict on the girls they turn down, or to justify the snobbish values they set up. It pictures the societies through the bright eyes of Freshman Jeanne Grain, who comes to a Midwestern university all atwitter to join Upsilon Upsilon Upsilon...
...past? Neither side dares to use the atom bomb . . . [Then] what is Stalin waiting for? Only for us to bankrupt ourselves to the point where we can no longer afford to keep an army in the field. Then he (or his heirs) will move-but fast. How can we offset this? 1) By having fighting forces which will live a Spartan existence; 2) By having civilians who will live a Spartan existence...
...club has spent most of this week on plays designed to offset Yale's "ride," or tight man-to-man defense, and the New Hampshire game will offer an ideal testing ground...
Meanwhile a depleted freshman track team travels to Exeter in an attempt to maintain their undefeated record. The Yardlings will be without the services of sprinter Pete Terry, hurdler and high jumper Ty Smith, and pole vaulter Myron Hoffer. In an effort to offset these losses Captain Paul Sheats will run in the 100 and 220 in addition to his usual 440 and Phil Meyers will move up from...