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...original benefits, and only rarely are those who introduce the new technology automatically held accountable for the less desirable side effects. It thus becomes increasingly the task of government to trace out the interconnection between the beneficial and the harmful effects of technology, and to seek to offset the latter...
...lecture tour for him) is designed to test our sensibilities, change our perspectives, put us on. Pop Art (one of Warhol's babies) may be dead, but the girl next to me at Winthrop House still showed up in the standard day-glo pink plastic skirt offset by a pale blue paisley blouse and the usual tall black boots...
...Soviet emphasis on seapower represents a major strategic decision. With its arsenal of 720 ICBMs more than offset by a larger U.S. deterrent, with its huge land army muscle-bound and deprived of global mobility in the middle of the great Eurasian land mass, Russia has turned to the sea to break out of its own geographic confines and attempt to wield truly global power...
...Hardy's efforts weren't enough to offset the Big Red's rebounding muscle. Cornell's George Chapman held Harvard high-scorer Chris Gallagher to only two points in the first half, and the 6-5, 230-lb. Eisdail scored 15 points overall...
While Hershey moves to offset the drop with other food products, the company is also expanding operations in its principal lines of chocolate. A second candy plant opened on the West Coast will save $1,000,000 annually in transportation costs; acquisition of 5,000 acres of almond ranches in California will provide Hershey with a source of cheaper nuts. Meanwhile, the company is test-marketing Hershey Chocolate Drink and a new candy bar called Rally. Will they be advertised? Not likely. "It's not necessary," says President Mohler, who keeps his grandfather's rocker in his office...