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ELECTRONICS boom in New England is doing much to offset the slump in textile business. Hundreds of electronics firms (44 in Lawrence, Mass, alone) have moved into the area in the last few years, taken over idle mills and provided 85,000 new jobs, almost 60% more than were lost through textile layoffs...
...Losses of around $10 million which could be used to offset profits in other Hughes companies if he could work out a way to merge one of them with...
Some of the present residents will disagree. "It's so far to walk, for meals," they say. "And it's ugly from the outside." But to most of its residents, the advantages of living in Claverly offset any handicaps. Indeed, to many, who have chosen to remain there next year, "Clav" must offer something extra...
...Crimson varsity hockey team's new-found depth more than offset Dartmouth's annual inspiration up at Hanover last Saturday. Playing with a reshuffled lineup, the varsity outfought and outlasted the Indians, 6 to 4, before 2,000-odd strictly partisan spectators...
...varsity kept the game moving at a fast pace all night, but was just not able to get off enough shots to offset its penalty disadvantages...