Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...third major cost cited by universities is the higher proportion of student aid they have undertaken to provide, partly to offset their own tuition increases but especially to cover declining federal assistance. At Princeton, the Government's contribution to student aid has dropped from 26.7% of the total to 12.6% in six years. The additional expense to Princeton: $2.2 million. Secretary Bennett, however, maintains that more federal aid would only encourage universities to count on the Government to meet any increases they might impose...
...million, Canada sent 78% of all of its exports, chiefly wood products, minerals and automobiles, to the U.S. last year, earning $71 billion. The U.S. sent back some $58 billion worth of heavy machinery, appliances and other goods. The $13 billion merchandise balance in Canada's favor was partly offset by an $8.1 billion U.S. trading surplus in such services as insurance and investment. No less than 80% of the trade across the northern U.S. border is already duty free. Trade experts estimate that totally free trade would boost the roughly $416 billion Canadian economy by about...
...Democrats said overall they cut about $9 billion each from domestic and military accounts. However, about $2 billion of the domestic "cuts" actually would be user fees to offset costs of federal services...
...smaller programs to offset the gains we wanted to make in the big ones," the aide said...
...make the drug available as quickly as possible, "we have literally turned our company upside down," said Burroughs Wellcome Vice President Thomas Kennedy at a press conference last week. The company says it takes seven months to make the drug and that the high price is needed to offset development and manufacturing costs. Burroughs Wellcome officials also contend that by reducing the need for medical care, Retrovir could, despite its expense, slash the annual cost of treating an AIDS patient from an estimated...