Word: offsets
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...film centers around a holiday vacation, in which two middle-aged friends. Matthew (Michael Caine) and Victor (Joseph Bologna) escape to Rio to offset their mid-life crises with some warn weather adventure. When the movie opens, Victor is already in the midst of a divorce, while Matthew receives a rude awakening when packing with his wife Karen, (Valerie Harper) for Rio. Karen informs Matthew that he cannot put his snorkeling equipment in her suitcase because she has decided to go to Club Med to think their marriage over...
...budget would be headed toward an $11 billion surplus by 1989. The rise in the deficit results mainly from the 23% personal income tax cut that Reagan pushed through Congress in 1981 and his large military buildup. By 1989 increases in defense spending will almost completely offset the cuts Reagan and Congress have made in domestic programs...
...study does suggest an alternate strategy for deterring a Soviet invasion of Europe. While the threshold beyond which nuclear detonations will create a drastic "nuclear winter" is quite low it does not preclude the use of small battlefield nuclear weapons. The U.S. could use such small yield weapons to offset any real or perceived conventional asymmetry Presumably neither side would risk approaching the threshold by escalating the conflict to include medium range or strategic forces...
...with much of its super talent in Ferry on the sidelines, the attention shifted to Carrabino and Duncan. But in the opening 20, not even that deadly duo could come up with enough offensive power to offset the absence of Harvard's other ex-Rookie of the Year...
There is nothing wrong, however, with doing an obscure play. On the contrary, it can be very worthwhile, but it should then be offset in the same season by a popular play. Since students only get four spots on the Mainstage, the choices should be similar to those made by any good residential theatre. They should reflect what the community wants, and in a diverse community, this means a diverse schedule of productions. It seems that the HRDC Board and Robert Brustein, who, as director of the Loeb Drama Center, has an important vote, have forgotten that good theatre...