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AMBASSADOR, n. A political partisan whose campaign contributions are large enough to offset any disadvantage of training, language or ability in consideration for a top diplomatic post...
Lindzey was imported only this year to head the gargantuan Department of Psychology and Social Relations, combined by Faculty vote last Spring. His recent entrance into the Cambridge scene is considered a drawback to his candidacy, but it is believed offset by his extensive administrative experience at the Universities of Texas and Minnesota...
...Cambridge City Council allocated $16,120 Monday for the new Cambridge Jobs for Youth Program. Tony Sapienza, director of the new program, said yesterday, "Certainly I hope that [the Cambridge Jobs for Youth] can offset a cutback in the Neighborhood Youth Corps. However, I think that's a tall order...
...fact that Harvard buys meats in large quantities will not offset the effect of the rising prices, Hurlbut said. "Harvard enjoys a very desirable bargain because we buy meat at a lower price level," Hurlbut said, "but whenever consumer prices rise, ours rise by just about the same percentage...
Papp's takeover is contingent upon the raising of $5,000,000 to offset part of the theater's expected deficits in the next five years. If that barrier is successfully passed, Papp will bring in his own company. He plans to turn the 299-seat Forum Theater into a permanent platform for Shakespeare and switch the larger, 1,140-seat Vivian Beaumont from its present repertory of classics and revivals to new plays that "reflect the great issues of our times...