Word: offsets
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...would be fueled by the annual blast of Christmastime consumer spending as well as shoppers seeking to make purchases before an increase in the value-added tax went into effect in January. Though retail was one of the leading drivers of fourth-quarter growth, the boost in spending was offset by confounding slumps elsewhere in the economy...
...issued, could save up to 12,000 lives annually by slashing smog levels from 75 parts per billion to as few as 60. While the EPA said the measure could cost up to $90 billion a year by 2020 to implement, it argued that this sum could be offset by as much as $100 billion in annual health care savings...
...best-case scenario for the Democrats in the fall is that they keep all five vulnerable seats in the Senate and lose only 15 seats in the House. There may even be a shot at picking up a couple of new seats to help offset any losses. After all, House Republicans are defending nine open seats (which John McCain either lost or won with less than 60% of the vote in 2008), while Democrats are defending seven seats (which Obama either lost or won with less than 60% of the vote). And in the Senate, Dems have strong candidates...