Word: offsets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sponsored by Reps. John J. Campbell and John R. Sennott, a bill which would create a committee to study the best possible use of the Bennett St. yards is now pending in the House. To offset civic opposition to the use of so much land by an institution exempt from property taxes, the University has offered in the past to devote part of the site to commercial structures--perhaps a bank, an apartment house, or a parking garage--which would be liable to taxation...
...long awaited tax message to Congress, the President demanded a crackdown on expense-account living as one step in a program designed to raise $1.7 billion in new revenue by correcting the tax structure's "defects and inequities." The additional tax income is counted on to offset a seductive new plan aimed at jogging the slow rate of business investment in new factories and equipment...
...from 27 private collections of such art patrons as David Rockefeller Henry Ford II and Mrs. Marshall Field, the show brings together mostly unfamiliar works, including three Rembrandts. Richly hung against red plush walls in three small rooms and a connecting foyer a wide variety of styles and periods offset each other, inviting fresh appraisals and creating an effect that is intimate and dazzling-like diamonds nestling in velvet More surprising is the mood of the collection: a luminous tranquillity...
This confusion often tends to lessen the intellectual value of the freshman year, Monro claimed. The five Yard "Houses" would be an attempt to offset this danger by "extending the range of connection between students and faculty...
When the British sent Firebrand Jomo Kenyatta to jail eight years ago for starting the Mau Mau revolt, they thought they were putting "Burning Spear" away for good. To offset any lingering loyalty among his supporters, they put out reports that he was growing senile and increasingly alcoholic. But in the wake of Kenya's February elections, the triumphant African leaders made clear that Kenyatta was not forgotten. They demanded his immediate release. British Governor Sir Patrick Renison refused. The Africans responded by refusing to take their seats in the new government. The governor began to retreat, moved Kenyatta...