Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth.
Clothes should just be like a beautiful setting for a jewel: They should offset you.
The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation.
The cost of infrastructure development to host a mega-event can be offset against economic growth over future decades.
Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective.
My secret with kale is to add lots of sweet or sharp flavours to offset some of that grassy intensity.
Geoengineering - the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the earth's climate to offset global warming - is a nightmare fix for climate change.
I believe in carbon offset initiatives, in eco-villages, in the sustainable regeneration of the tropical rainforest.
The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.
One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.
Your future can be changed by one decision. One good thing can offset a mountain of bad. But you need to choose.
Even if your bosoms are your best asset, deep round-neck or scoop-neck Ts can be too revealing. Offset this flash of gorgeousness by covering up your arms with a little cardi that has sleeves to the elbow.
There are a lot of impractical things about owning a Porsche. But they're all offset by the driving experience. It really is unique. Lamborghinis and Ferraris come close. And they are more powerful, but they don't handle like a Porsche.
Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls.
A public option is essential to creating the cost-savings necessary to offset the cost of providing all Americans access to affordable health care.
I think if you go beyond a year - if this continues into the system in the out years, I think there is a risk and that - that we could have a negative reaction in the bond market and that will offset the good that was attempted to be done.
Capitalism has shortfalls. It doesn't necessarily take care of the poor, and it underfunds innovation, so we have to offset that.
But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time.
It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you've had is high cholesterol, what you're doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes.
