Word: offseting
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From the time of President Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf, educators have sought repeatedly to offset specialization in American colleges. Harvard's General Education program has been one of the broadest of these attempts to infuse, as President Conant wrote, "the liberal and humane tradition into our entire educational system...
...only more time, but Bush's vote in the showdown. By accepting Republican Ralph Flanders' proposal to link the rate of housing starts to fluctuations in general business activity, Johnson won Flanders' vote. Then he cashed in lOUs with two other G.O.P. Senators, getting them to offset two of Johnson's absent Democrats by not voting themselves...
...Christian Democratic victory in Sicily only emphasized the divisions of the party in Rome. Rejoicing most was the faction headed by Party Secretary Amintore Fanfani, who had run the campaign, poured money and workers into Sicily to offset the Communists' $10 million election drive, and conclusively demonstrated that he could influence voters and win elections...
...best match of the day, the Blue's first doubles team of Cranston and Dick Raskind edged Captain Alex Haegler and Brooks Harris 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. The steady play of Cranston and Raskind offset the sporadically brilliant tennis of the New England Intercollegiate doubles champions...
...base of the prosperity was the greatest personal income of all time. A striking example came from the auto industry, where the average weekly pay of General Motors Corp. employees in the U.S. reached an alltime high of $103.79. Rising paychecks were not being offset by rising prices; the national cost-of-living index has not changed for four months. From their record income, consumers were spending more than ever before, spreading prosperity almost everywhere in the land. In Texas, where retail sales are running about 18% above last year, the University of Texas' Bureau of Business Research reported...