Word: offseting
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...Glynn R. Donaho, submarine skipper with a long list of kills, told the court flatly that zigzagging is "of no value" in evasive action. In ten seconds, he said, he could correct for a target's change of course. The dubious protection that zigzagging gives a ship is offset by the fact that it allows slower-moving subs to keep...
...have seen war service (in the armed forces, war plants, or any jobs for which draft boards have granted deferments). Added scholars, unlike regular ones, may be married, over 25 and sophomores instead of juniors. The $2,000 a year which scholars get will probably be raised, to offset higher living costs...
Carole Landis, lush, blond cinemactress whose ambition is to graduate from cheese cake pictures to Bette Davis roles, played the outraged woman in an offset drama...
...Francisco Franco last week put a Bill of Rights for Spaniards on display. In democratic eyes, it seemed hardly worth the trouble. The bill ostensibly guaranteed equality under the law, sanctity of the home, life, liberty and property. But each liberty was tied to a legalistic string, each right offset by a duty. The six most important articles could be canceled by the Government at will...
...wrote off $44,000,000 in deferred amortization (depreciation, purchase of new facilities, etc.), came up with a $27 million deficit and thus cut its taxes so much that it had actually overpaid them in the first part of this year. This tax credit was more than enough to offset the deficit in income, thus gave Bethlehem a reported net profit of $2.05 a share, or 38? more than in the same quarter last year...