Word: offset
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Arlenesque suavity of this reference to his "hatter," was offset by the perceptive wit of the Colonel's other comments: "It is time the public started land-sliding. It surprises me that they didn't start sooner. If this is the beginning of the end, I am more or less ready for it. However, these adverse comments won't take away my appetite. All I ask is that they don't take away the air I fly through. I'll take care of the rest...
...mile, are conceded to the Crimson. The high hurdles and the high jump balance this advantage with two Yale monopolies. Eight points are granted to the Blue in both the 880 and 440 yard dates, but the same totals for the Crimson in the javelin and hammer offset these heavy scores...
With the decide Crimson tinge of the shotput, discus, javelin, and hammer throws, the first half of the field events would appear to give Harvard a large lead. But the pole vault and high jump are Yale events that will offset the Crimson advantage. Captain Sabin Carr of Yale will have no competition for first place. Second will also go to the Blue if Hardy enters. Third should be taken by either B. G. Burbank '28 or F. B. Clark '28, who consistently do 12 feet six inches or better. Strong competition may result for the one point going with...
...granted none to the United States. His "implied reservations" to the pledge to renounce war as an instrument of national policy include self-defense, violation of the treaty by any signatory, obligations of the League of Nations states arising from the League covenant, and the Locarno obligations. To offset these concessions Secretary Kellogg has asked no reservations for such a vital American policy as the Monroe Doctrine...
Three dangers he sees, turning from the past to look into the future. First, he finds that the cost of high pressure distribution is beginning to offset the saving of mass productions. In the second place, mass production is threatened by hand-to-mouth buying, fostered by the need for rapid distribution and the consequently developed habit of rapid "style-change". And in the third place, Mr. Mazur sees danger to our prosperity from a change in the European trade balance...