Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...based outplacement firm, estimates that 1998 may set the decade's record for layoffs. It reported that U.S. firms eliminated 574,629 jobs this year--32% more than in 1997 and within reach of the 1993 high of 615,185. Some economists argue that job gains will continue to offset job losses. But economic turmoil in Asia and Latin America may make things worse...
...while successful recruiting may offset someof the advantages of privilege in the earlyadmissions process and encourage minorities andlower-class students to think about collegeearlier, it is not a panacea...
...ratings slide, even as the fees that the leagues charge the networks for broadcast rights have skyrocketed. We just watched--or didn't watch--the lowest-rated World Series in history. Monday Night Football audiences are down 10% compared with last season. The extra commercials that networks air to offset their higher costs have only prompted viewers to channel-surf more frequently away from the major sports. Big-salaried athletes with bad attitudes have been turning off fans. And now a squabble over money among a bunch of rich men--pro basketball's owners and players--has forced cancellation...
With the recent changes to student financialaid awards, some students are quitting theirwork-study jobs. According to Homer, of thestudents affected by the new awards, half haveresponded so far and one-third of these have usedtheir awards to offset work-study expectationsrather than loans...
Second, any diminished safety is more than offset by the safety benefits of universal keycard access. No more propping doors for friends and anyone else who might come along. No more letting anyone and everyone in behind you, assuming they're students when they might well not be. No more waiting out in the cold and the dark, alone, for someone to come rescue...