Word: offsets
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...that "you have to be right more often, dollarwise, than you're wrong. It's not just a case of drilling more oil wells than dry holes. You can make a series of mistakes which may cost you a total of $5,000,000, but you can offset them by being right the one time when $9,000,000 is involved...
...sounds like something Noel Coward might have written in prep school, while a second skit relies on that hoary staple of a dozen revues--the parody of famous playwrights' styles. Even the spectacle of Miss Davis as a hillbilly crone and a lethargic slattern in gym shoes can't offset a script which comes up with a little horror like Flying Saucers, featuring a trio of spacemen (Meissen, Delit, and Spode) wearing tea cups...
...split between national and local tickets in the state developed when Stevenson failed to carry Boston by a substantial enough majority to offset heavy Republican voting in the rest of the state...
...these points Calvin Mayne, Rochester Times-Union, added, "I think that Ike's strength in the North will not offset the initial advantage the Governor starts with his lead in Southern electoral votes...
...Crimson attack, scoring twice and gaining a total of 251 yards, more than two-thirds of the Crimson total, and 37 more than the entire Davidson offense. A 6.3-yard average for 22 attempts on the ground, six pass completions in 17 tries, and a 43-yard punting average, offset the defensive slack...