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...Jeffrey Jenkins, a highly respected researcher sponsored by the British Government, even proposed a theory showing the opposite effect: planting trees in northern latitudes on previously bare land will darken the Earth's surface. Darker areas absorb more sunlight which will increase the Earth's temperatures. This might completely offset and even reverse the positive effects of trees decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere...
...wrong and my house burns, I pay. Likewise, I'm responsible for getting the square footage right and valuing special things like the marble counter we put in. I raised my coverage by $71,000 to be safe. The good news is that I was able to offset the added premiums by raising deductibles. Do I really need this extra insurance? Do I want to sleep at night...
KEVYN AUCOIN, celebrity makeup artist: "When Divine gets a black eye in John Waters' Female Trouble, she puts purple and black on the other eye to match. In the spirit of Divine, I think Bush should offset his bandage by double-piercing the opposite ear and wearing bright and spangly earrings. It worked in the '80s for new-wave bands...
These players will have to offset the loss of Tim Wyant, last year's captain, and one of the top collegiate players in the country...
...Gore's plan is built around tax-based enticements. He would spend a whopping $36 billion on income tax credits to offset the costs of college tuition. A family could receive as much as $2,800 in tax credits each year for tuition and fee payments. Taxpayers would also be allowed to sock away as much as $2,500 a year in new tax-advantaged accounts, similar to 401(k)s, which they could tap at any age for higher education or job training. And Gore would spend $2 billion nationalizing a program, already in place in some states, that...