Sweetness and acidity are needed to offset the saltiness of the cheese usually eaten with it.
The United States has yet to complete the adjustments needed to offset its pre-crisis profligacy.
(Only about 32 cents would be needed to offset the impact on the environment).
For the likes of Mr Krugman, progressive taxation and redistribution are needed to offset labour's position of weakness.
For example, cancer treatment has improved but transfusions are often needed to offset the unwanted effects of treatment and the disease.
Commission officials said the increase, which is expected to bring an additional $2.5 billion in revenue, was needed to offset rising costs.
None of these facilities is yet operating on anything like the scale that will be needed to offset a big portion of the nation's oil imports.
The sugar quantities in these recipes reflect that: a lot of sweetness is needed to offset the mouth-puckering sharpness of these under-ripe fruits.
EasyJet admitted that consumers will not swallow the higher fares needed to offset higher costs, so aeroplanes will be parked in slower months to stem losses.
"We needed to offset the disaster at Pearl Harbor and the defeats that we had in the taking of Guam and the overrunning of the Philippines".
It defended the restriction on voice-over-Internet protocol, or VoIP, service as important to preserving the revenue it needed to offset the subsidized price of the iPhone.
