Some independent Labour leftists split from the paper when it opposed the tactic of raising rates to offset cuts to local government services.

To offset cuts in state subsidies, he added, the orchestra would have to learn the unaccustomed American art of aggressively seeking private donors and commercial sponsors.

We urge voters to support the levy, which is needed to offset recent cuts in state funding.

In part, though, the higher estimates were only offsetting sharp cuts in forecasts after the terrorist attacks of last fall.

But city officials said the plan rejected several key concerns, and was not likely to offset cuts in Federal municipal aid.

The fee schedule assumes that doctors would perform more services to offset cuts in Medicare payments.

"There's no way that fiddling with administrative payout is going to offset deep cuts on the public sector side," she said.

That money will be used partly to offset cuts in Federal funds for research.

But even as their endowments have grown, many public universities say the additional money has not been enough to offset recent cuts in state contributions.

More than $1 million was used to offset cuts in programs for needy families.