Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...salivating at the prospect of getting hold of at least some portion of the massive Social Security fund, which currently has a $60 billion surplus, some analysts feel investing in the stock market is too risky and that the lower yield of government Treasury bonds is more than offset by their greater stability. But all agree that something must be done, and soon: while the fund is currently operating at a surplus, the retirement of millions of Baby Boomers will exhaust it by the year 2029 if no changes are made. In releasing the final report, panel chair Edward Gramlich...
...more fundamentally, inadequate care in the pre-K years may affect a child's later ability to learn, limiting it in ways that cannot be offset by the uplifting sight of seeing Mom march off to work. Brain-development research indicates that in the first two years of life, virtually all our vital neural connections are being formed. Other studies show the crucial role that responsive, sensitive and stimulating care plays in forming those synapses. A bad day-care situation, where a child is understimulated for long stretches of time or moved among ever changing caregivers, may cause long-term...
Strategically, the House election was billed largely as a contest to see whether the Republicans could pick up enough of the 19 Southern districts thrown open by the retirement of Democratic Representatives to offset expected heavy losses among the 70 freshmen elected in 1994. That was not quite the way it worked out. In both groups, the number of seats shifting from one party to another was smaller than expected...
That's not meant as criticism of this film. Its major sin--a certain ineluctable improbability--is pretty much offset by the moments of winsome humanity Gibson finds for his freebooter; by the rich, nicely tuned portrayals of the other actors; and by director Ron Howard's smoothly professional mastery of yet another genre that is new to him. Nevertheless, as a matter of social policy, limits should probably be set on our intake of Tom Mullens clones. His real-life models don't need any more good publicity. And they are rarely as cute as Mel Gibson...
Slayton wants government to help improve education, take care of the sick and elderly and protect reproductive rights. But tobacco has been the burning issue in this race: Slayton wants to hike the price of a pack of cigarettes 25%, using $4 of every $5 raised to offset the medical cost of tobacco-related diseases and the rest to fund anti-smoking education for kids. Philip Morris isn't located here, but many of its employees...