Word: offsets
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Clutch performances followed in piratically every event as the Crimson offset the efforts of IU's spectacular diving contingent by triumphing in every close swimming race...
...million Palestinian Arabs of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza. Resolution of the issue is regarded by Washington as a matter of the highest importance. Moderate Arab leaders have warned the Carter Administration that unless the problem is solved, the U.S. will be unable to offset Soviet influence in the region by forming strong and unambiguous alliances with the Muslim Middle East...
...task of administering the West Bank's self-government, as called for by the Camp David accords. Hussein is unquestionably uneasy about Sadat's suggestion that one way to break the deadlock would be to start by establishing self-rule in Gaza under Egyptian administration. To offset Cairo's influence in Gaza, Hussein has stepped up his country's activities in the West Bank. Among other things, the Jordanians have conducted a census in the territory, announced plans to open passport offices there for the first time in twelve years, and dispensed aid to Arab villages...
...embargo. Then the President confided that he was leaning toward that drastic move, but wanted to postpone a final decision until Friday so that he could, as he said, "sleep on it." Later, Carter's aides concluded that the danger of a political setback in Iowa would be offset by the image the President would project: a tough leader willing to put national security needs above the "parochial" farm interest. After Carter's TV address, an aide described the gram cutoff and accompanying measures as "the strongest action taken by the U.S. against the Soviets in 20 years...
That policy could be risky. Rising metals prices feed inflation by pushing up costs for a range of products and processes. Last week, for example, Kodak (1978 sales: $7.1 billion) announced a 7.5% jump in its retail film prices to help offset the rise in the cost of silver, which could add nearly $1.5 billion to the company's overhead this year. The largest users of industrial silver are hospitals, which require vast quantities for X-ray film. When the prices go up, hospital costs rise, insurance premiums climb, and federal Medicare and Medicaid outlays, already among the biggest...