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...Kelman and others say it is the role of the scholar in government to offset the imbalance between long-term and immediate planning. The scholar should initiate an environment that encourages broad thinking, Kelman says...
...Gladys P. Gifford, a member of Cambridge Citizens for Livable Neighborhood's Scheme Z taskforce, describing attempts to offset Scheme z--the 11-story highway interchange slated for construction in east Cambridge--with promises of mass transit funds and extra parks...
Last week, in a bid to raise capital, Equitable Life Assurance Society, the third largest U.S. insurer, announced it will convert to a stock-owned company. The $500 million in additional capital that chairman Richard Jenrette expects to raise through the stock sale will help offset large losses from risky ventures: junk bonds, real estate and high-interest guaranteed- investment contracts. It will also make it easier for the company to diversify...
...with the debate over the Civil Rights Act of 1990. Passed last October by congressional Democrats, with the help of some Republicans, the measure was designed to make it easier for women and minorities to combat job discrimination. The bill's supporters insisted its main effect would be to offset damage done to earlier practices by a series of Supreme Court decisions. Bush said he supported that goal but argued that the bill's specific provisions would pressure employers to adopt quotas as a means of avoiding litigation. His position gained traction even though the bill explicitly said nothing...
Some blacks and a lot of whites are concerned that all-black schools amount to debilitating racial isolation. Stan Conner, whose grandchild attends Dumas, concedes, "You don't know whites on a personal basis. You grow up more isolated." Sociologist Coleman believes integrated summer camps could help offset the classroom separation. Students themselves are unconcerned. "We're not prejudiced," shrugs eighth-grader Keith Harris, 12. "White kids are welcome here...