Word: offsets
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...superbly restrained performances delivered by the supporting cast, which is a cavalcade of British acting luminaries. Dame Maggie Smith returns as the cantankerous yet kindly Professor McGonagall, while Robbie Coltrane provides a comic foil as the lovably gruff gamekeeper Hagrid. Simultaneously though, moments of hair-raising creepiness are offset by the considerable humor throughout, provided largely by Kenneth Branagh’s portrayal of new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Gilderoy Lockhart. Branagh positively revels in Lockhart’s self-obsessed dandy dress and mannerisms, a perfectly effected over-the-top caricature oblivious to the sinister events transpiring...
...superbly restrained performances delivered by the supporting cast, which is a cavalcade of British acting luminaries. Dame Maggie Smith returns as the cantankerous yet kindly Professor McGonagall, while Robbie Coltrane provides a comic foil as the lovably gruff gamekeeper Hagrid. Simultaneously though, moments of hair-raising creepiness are offset by the considerable humor throughout, provided largely by Kenneth Branagh’s portrayal of new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Gilderoy Lockhart. Branagh positively revels in Lockhart’s self-obsessed dandy dress and mannerisms, a perfectly effected over-the-top caricature oblivious to the sinister events transpiring...
...precincts where most of the River Houses vote saw lower figures—30 percent at Quincy House and 37 percent at the Putnam Apartments. The Gund Hall polling place, where first-year and Adams House residents vote, saw 45 percent turnout. Those figures were slightly offset by 58 percent turnout at the Quad’s two Peabody School precincts...
...raucous energy couldn’t bury a profound vulnerability that offset the testosterone on display. There was something endearing (and surreal) about these grown men—backed by DJ Mr. Dibbs, who could probably shatter a turntable with his forehead—pouring out their hearts in the most confrontational, hoarse-throated manner possible. Lyrical prowess and mic charisma became tools for assuaging fears of dull futures, wrecked love and artistic failure. That songs such as Atmosphere’s tinkling piano ballad “Abusing of the Rib” and the startlingly mundane anthem...
...January, Textron will expand the benefit to most of its 51,000 employees. Coors and 3M will start a similar program. "This is the future of health care," says FlexBen's Wilson, who predicts most large companies will set up HRAs in the next few years. The downside: to offset the costs of HRAs, companies will impose significantly higher monthly premiums and deductibles...