Word: cushions
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...primary, and he's gamely offering his own business experience to the First District as a change from business as usual. O'Sullivan has a straight-arrow Republican platform--he's for term limits, budget cutting and workfare--but to soften his hard-line fiscal policy he proposes a cushion of universal health care and reduced insurance rates for the self-employed...
...Eagles' wounds seven minutes later, junior midfielder Keren Gudeman fired a perfect, long cross pass to Stauffer deep in left wing enemy territory. Disgracing her defender, stauffer managed to get off an almost 90degree angle shot that befuddled Boston College's goalkeeper and gave Harvard a 2-0 cushion...
...That 2-0 cushion quickly became a 3-0 waterbed as the relentless Stauffer took advantage of chaos in front of the Boston College net to bazooka another rocket by the hapless Eagle goaltender...
Albee once explained in an interview that he interprets the play title, which refers to the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?," as "Who's afraid of living life without false illusions?" All four characters cushion their own anxieties with closely guarded self-deceptions, and each eventually reveals himself to one of the other characters; this transformation, aided by alcohol, poses one of the greatest challenges for the four actors. Luckily all of the performances were at least adequate; however, Ayres and Moulton, playing the elder couple, are slightly more believable, or perhaps more energetic, throughout...
...crash, she reports, nor are they prepared to turn the case over to the FBI. The discovery has been more of a puzzle than a revelation. "What they have found is a tiny trace of PETN, a component of some kinds of plastic explosives, on a seat cushion," says Rivera. "Divers have recovered 60 percent of the wreckage from that section of the plane, and found no other traces of explosives. You would expect more traces to be there, so why haven't they found there more positive readings? Instead of a conclusion, these findings just lead to more speculation...