Word: cushions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson unveiled the "Dunder to Diller connection," as Danny Dilorati in a "private victory" came back to haunt his alma mater, steering home a goal 2:47 into the third period to give the icemen a 4-2 cushion...
...grandchildren's generations to continue to make this sort of transfer. Thus the trust fund is not, never has been, and never can be large enough to meet all potential claims on the system: that would require several trillion dollars. Its true purpose is to provide a cushion out of which benefits can be paid while Government officials decide how to meet financial needs...
...have to take a backseat in planning the future of Harvard-Radcliffe. Perhaps the most important consequence, however, is the toll all that administrative work will take on Bok's perceived role as the leader of the University. Possibly because he had just finished constructing that wall to cushion him from bureaucratic hassles, he has never had the time to establish himself as the forceful or recognizable educational figure within the University. The crush of personnel changes may once again stifle his educational leadership role. Or worse for Bok, someone else within the University, possibly Rosovsky, may grow tired...
...front page, the Post reported that Citibank and Chase had landed on a list kept by the Comptroller of the Currency, a chief U.S. banking regulator, of "problem" banks. Reason: they held a relatively large volume of questionable loans in relation to the capital they had on hand to cushion potential losses. That merited a closer-than-normal watch over their operations by regulators...
RESERVES. To provide a cushion in the event of another foreign oil embargo, the U.S. will stockpile 150 million bbl. of oil within three years and increase the reserve to 400 million bbl. by 1983. That would be roughly equal to less than one month's supply at current consumption rates. In addition, if there is an energy emergency sometime in the future, the President is authorized to prescribe gasoline rationing and other means of conserving fuels, order a production increase at domestic oil and gas fields and restrict exports of coal...