Word: offsets
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...CUTS When President Bush proposed his tax rebate of up to $600 per couple, he billed it as an insurance policy against recession. Critics sniped that no government could possibly hope to time fiscal relief to offset economic stress. Call Bush lucky, but his rebates landed in the only quarter of negative GDP. They softened the downturn and helped pave the way for a buoyant Christmas quarter. Already, though, Bush's tax-cutting agenda is in deep trouble. Just hours after Greenspan hailed the recovery, the House passed a scaled-back economic package that amounts to a Republican retreat...
Harvard took advantage of the 1980 Rink’s Olympic-sized surface, which is fifteen feet wider than a regulation rink. The Crimson utilized its superior speed to offset the bigger Cornell skaters and find holes in the Big Red defense...
...world's top producer. Churning out 27.8 million tons of steel products, POSCO earned $620 million, with exports accounting for 25% of revenues. But does it owe its competitive edge to government handouts? Its ties to Seoul are certainly cozy, and its exports still face countervailing duties abroad, to offset subsidies it received years ago. But analysts say POSCO now operates independently and succeeds through smart management and planning...
...inside contributions offset a tough outside shooting night for the Crimson. As a team, the Crimson made just one three-pointer in 13 attempts, and Harvey, Harvard’s scoring leader in each of the last 12 games, managed just six points on 3-of-10 shooting...
...best printers in New York because he wants his photography to be perfect. For the Green Street show, Sheng saw five proofs of each print before the final versions and even asked printers to FedEx proofs to him while he was on a shoot in Hawaii over intersession. To offset the enormous cost of producing his photographs, Sheng has taken out loans, found funding through the Harvard College Research Program, used his personal savings and maxed out a lot of credit cards...