Word: offsets
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...find people," gripes Alessandro Ponti, head of Zetesis, an Internet services company in northern Italy. (Those laid-off workers in Silicon Valley might consider sending their résumés to Milan.) With more Europeans working and making more money, internal consumer demand ought to help offset the weakness in exports...
...work, American film noir seems to also play a significant role in Pope's aesthetic. (Film noir being another genre, besides comics, more highly regarded in Europe.) Particularly representative of his intelligent draftmanship is his use of two colors besides black and white - muted rose and slate blue - to offset highlights and establish changes of location. It's like a world lit by a gigantic, distant neon sign...
...with new rules in place, new controversies in the air and TV cameras ready to roll, the gentlemen started their engines. It was, from the first, a terrific, thrilling race. If it was marred by that 19-car melee with 27 laps to go, this was offset by constant jockeying that would eventually produce 40 more lead changes than last year. Earnhardt, for his part, was having a decent day. Some dings to the Monte Carlo changed the car's aerodynamic shape and let him know before the endgame that he wouldn't be the winner. But up ahead, there...
...University agreed to waive tax-exemption on the property until 2003, and offered to offset lost revenue--at least in part--if it put the site to tax-exempt...
Harvard would likely pay the town some amount of money to offset the community's lost tax revenue, but Harvard has not released the details of any potential agreement. Such arrangements are common between Harvard and the several municipalities where it owns land...