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WATERTOWN—Angry Watertown residents, children and politicians came out in full force Wednesday night to rally against Harvard’s recent purchase of the Watertown Arsenal, calling on the University to pay higher payments to the city in order to offset potential lost tax revenue...
...declines in offers from staggering New Economy companies such as Cisco Systems and Lucent Technologies have been offset by bids from Old Economy geezers such as General Motors and Johnson & Johnson, which have been avidly hunting for accountants, programmers and engineers...
Montijo was a bright spot in the Harvard offense, going 2-3 to offset her lapses behind the plate...
...near tripling in oil prices, lifted interest rates three times in 1999 and twice more in the first three months of 2000. Did anyone get the hint? Nope. Investors were too intoxicated by the enormous money being made in the market. The pain of costlier credit was more than offset by all the paper wealth people were accumulating...
...proved to be the Achilles' heel of the economy in the past. In fact, higher energy prices played a role in each of the past four recessions. In every instance, more expensive energy forced businesses to pass on the extra costs to consumers. Workers also demanded more pay to offset the higher cost of living...