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...much undeveloped mineral wealth, all the main strategic raw materials except coking coal, and that may be largely offset by her hydroelectrical potential...
...cross country win over the Crimson this fall, Massachusetts proved its power in the distances. But Harvard coach Jaakko Mikkola feels confident that his team will put up a good fight in the distance races and that any possible Massachusetts edge in that department will be offset by Crimson strength in the sprints and weight events...
...Kaltenborn '09, radio news commentator, disclosed in a recent letter to the CRIMSON that he had sent "a small contribution to the Harvard Radio Network to help offset any possible loss . . . in advertising revenue" incurred from any comments detrimental to WHRB he made at the Law School Forum on December...
...three solutions which, though perhaps not ideal, could straighten this out: 1. have a primary election and then a run-off; 2. require more signatures on nominating petitions, insuring both a smaller slate and nominees who are known to the voters; 3. at least institute preferential voting to help offset the size of the ballot...
...deficit, Truman said, could be blamed on the summer slump, which had decreased tax receipts by $3 billion. Expenditures had increased by $1.6 billion. Cuts in the defense budget and international aid were more than offset by $1.3 billion extra paid out for veterans' benefits, $800 million extra needed to bolster sagging farm prices. Another big item was the unexpectedly high burden of underwriting the mortgage market for veterans and rental housing projects. It had been budgeted at a modest $200 million; it was costing a whopping $1.3 billion-an increase...