Word: offsetting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...corruption especially in large cities: Smith, pp. 79, 87; (2) Economic difficulties as (a) Great competition of unskilled laborers. (b) Reduction in the standard of living among laborers: T. V. Powderly, N. A. Review, Aug. '88; Pres. Walker's address as above. (c) Advantage of production by immigrants is offset by their remittances home; Smith p. 99; Pol. Science Quarterly, June, '88; H. C. Lodge, N. A. Review, Jan.. '91; (3) Social Evils. Large increase of mortality, crime, and illiteracy; Smith...
...Immigration has led to many bad effects. 1. Political;- (a) large proportion of adults gives too great voting power; Smith, Im. and Em. 79;- (b) our degraded municipal administration due to it: Smith Im. and Em., '87. 2. Economic.- (a) Immigrants offset what they produce by remittances home; Smith, Im. and Em., 99:- (b) nearly half of the immigrants are without occupation, and this ratio is still increasing; Lodge's speech, Cong. Rec., Feb. '90. p. 3326;- (c) there is already a large unemployed class of native laborers: Smith, Im. and Em., 127;- (d) displacement of American Labor; Smith...
...Harvard graduates resident in New York, as expressed by two of the New York members of the Board of Overseers, the Athletic Committee, believing that, if certain steps could be taken by the two universities in the direction of purifying athletics, the gain thereby secured would more than offset the disadvantages of making a single departure from the principle of college games on college grounds, decided to make the desired exception in favor of the Thanksgiving football game for three years, provided the two universities would agree upon the following points...
...first half with Harvard five birds in the lead. The second half was more spirited and both teams did much better shooting. Yale tried hard to overcome Harvard's lead but without success. The first round was a tie. A gain of two birds in the second round was offset by an equal loss in the third and the match closed with Harvard still five birds ahead. The following are the individual scores in detail. HARVARD...
...accordance with this rule Harvard has sent to Princeton the certificates of her own players, and at the same time has protested Princeton's men, her object being to obtain return certificates for the men whom Princeton intends to play next Saturday. The demand of Harvard does not offset professionalism at Princeton any more than it does at Cambridge, and seems, therefore, thoroughly fair and sportsmanlike. Harvard certainly is not desirous of exacting conditions from Princeton which she is not willing to fulfil her self. Because she cannot be injured by a challenge is no reason for calling her present...