Word: offsets
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During the campaign, Dixon frequently attacked bloat in the District's 47,000-member public work force, vowing to fire 2,000 managerial-level employees to offset the city's projected $93 million deficit. She may have trouble delivering on her promise, which would require the consent of the D.C. city council. That body could include none other than Marion Barry, who is running as an independent for a council seat in November...
There are substantial areas of conflict among the various plans, including how much power and what share of tax revenues should be given to the centralized Soviet government. Another area of deep conflict concerns pricing. The government wants to bring about fiscal order through price hikes, offset by compensatory payments to the social groups hardest hit by the reforms...
...angry Dukakis learned of the plot and tried to pre-empt it. Delaying his trip, the Governor ordered his cabinet secretaries to double an earlier 4% cut in their budgets to offset an extra $150 million deficit accumulated since June. He had already pushed through the largest tax hike in state history to deal with a $1 billion shortfall that has given Massachusetts the lowest bond rating...
...from testimony at the judge's earlier confirmation to the federal appeals court and the record of his decisions. After separate interviews with Jones and Souter at the White House on Monday, Bush opted for the New Hampshirite, hoping that the judge's intellect and blue-ribbon resume would offset concerns about his sparse written record. "I have looked for the same dedication to public service and strength of intellect exemplified by Justice Brennan," said Bush. By putting forth a candidate with such a low profile, the President has shifted the debate from Souter's record to the matter...
...past, Saudi Arabia had been the one to stabilize OPEC's overall production level. As the so-called swing producer, the rich Saudis would cut back their output to offset the excess pumping of other members. In 1986 the Saudis got tired of playing the sucker and flooded the market with their unrivaled stores of crude, pushing prices down in an attempt to punish the cheaters and force them to play straight. That method proved of little value in taming Kuwait and the U.A.E., which have rich petroleum reserves and tend to favor lower prices as a way of discouraging...