Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sunlight is composed of seven colors; so is our world full of colors and splendor. Each country and every nation has its own historical and cultural traditions, strong points and advantages. We should respect and learn from each other and draw upon others' strong points to offset one's own deficiencies for achieving common progress...
...Tallahassee, Fla., Thad Busby threw for five TDs and a career-best 463 yards to offset five TD catches by the Wolfpack's Torry Holt...
...offset the higher expenditures, insurers are boosting the premiums for liability coverage on sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks, the New York Times reported last week. Previously, policyholders would pay roughly the same premium for liability protection whether they owned an ordinary sedan or a two-ton pickup. Car owners buy liability coverage as protection against loss claims from someone else as a result of an accident. Farmers Insurance Group, the nation's third largest insurer, has already lifted premiums as much as 10% in Pennsylvania, and it may eventually seek hikes in all of the 30 states it covers...
...Barbour, who gets paid no matter what), a couple of goody-goody freshmen had to go and ruin everything. Calling the move "midnight madness" that "shines and stinks like a mackerel in the moonlight," Democratic Senator Richard Durbin and Republican Susan Collins exposed the tax credit, which would have offset industry costs in the now ill-fated tobacco deal, to the light of day. No one came forward to defend the stinker once it was yanked from its protective package, so it went down, 95 to 3, in the Senate and was killed by the House in a unanimous vote...
Mindful of the biennial citywide elections coming on Nov. 4, the Cambridge City Council also voted at the Monday night meeting to allocate $1.85 million in "free cash" to the operating budget to offset the steep property-tax increase Cantabrigians are facing this year...