Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Neither Bush nor Clinton would do much to jump-start the economy next year, according to panel members. "There's much ado about nothing here, from a broad economic point of view," said Sinai, noting that the candidates' tax and spending proposals tended to offset each other, leaving little room for stimulus. The Bush program, which is chockablock with spending cuts to pay for | tax reductions, "would make a weak upturn a little weaker," Sinai said, while Clinton's plans "would make a weak upturn no worse, but not really any better." In the long run, he added, "the Clinton...
...Joey is already full of vigorous, upbeat tunes. Why this play needs the added song, except perhaps to offset the weight of the two new ballads, I do not know...
...Michigan, Vander Jagt was toppled by political neophyte Peter Hoekstra. Local Republicans complained that Vander Jagt had lost touch with his constituents because of his party activities. Said Vander Jagt: "There is a ferocious tide against incumbents running across the country, and I could not swim strongly enough to offset...
...state's dispute with the feds centers on the mechanism by which Oregon proposed to offset the added cost of its expanded coverage: its now famous rationing system. At the heart of the system is a list of 709 medical conditions ranked in order of seriousness and responsiveness to treatment, from bacterial pneumonia (1) to anencephaly (709). The legislature determined how much the state could afford and then drew a line at item 587 (inflammation of the esophagus). Conditions above the line would be covered for everybody; those below would get no coverage...
...local telephone lines to restrict access from competitors. Although the FCC vowed to guard against such practices, skeptics point out that the agency's resources are too limited for it to do so. Critics also note that any gains consumers realize from lower cable prices could be more than offset by the $100 billion to $500 billion they may end up paying to upgrade the telephone system to transmit high-speed video information...