1.   AltaVista spokesman David Emanuel said the company added other jobs in recent months that offset the cuts.

2.   Analysts had forecast tax cuts would be offset by stringent cuts in spending.

3.   Analysts expect Clarke to offset tax cuts by equivalent reductions in planned future spending.

4.   Analysts had forecast the expected tax cuts would be offset by stringent cuts in spending plans.

5.   As a practical matter, the budget law requires all tax cuts to be offset by increases in other taxes or spending reductions.

6.   But all the emphasis is on how to offset tax cuts.

7.   But Clinton would offset those cuts by increasing other taxes, mostly on corporations.

8.   But if the company performs well, other forms of compensation could easily offset that cut.

9.   But in order to get the concessions, Democrats had to offer offsetting cuts in other areas to pay for what GOP negotiators restored.