Word: cushions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatest fear is that as the plague recedes we will see the end of that cushion between [the gay community and] hostility," Sullivan told an audience member who asked for his thoughts on the death of Matthew Shepard, the college student killed last week in Wyoming because...
Even after three consecutive takeaways, a Harvard win was not ensured. Bush returned the ensuing kickoff 87 yards for a touchdown, and Harvard's offense managed just one field goal more, leaving only a touchdown as the cushion in a 19-12 lead late in the fourth quarter...
...when he makes his appearance. "Good morning, Mr. Bowles," says his interrogator. "I believe you have a device that you would like to inflate?" No, it wasn't a blowup doll; it was a pillow. And while the grand jurors wait, Bowles huffs and puffs and then tucks the cushion underneath himself...
...believe the trigger for rheumatoid arthritis is an ordinary infection in a joint, to which the immune system mounts an ordinary response. Then, for some unknown reason, the white blood cells that are fighting invading microbes attack the joint itself--specifically the synovial sac, which acts as both a cushion that keeps bones from banging together and a source of lubricating fluid. Even as the white cells attack, they send out signals, in the form of hormones called cytokines, that rally more troops to their aid. Meanwhile, the besieged synovial cells secrete prostaglandins, which cause inflammation. All this makes...
...current gamble is to maintain his public support with a series of apologies, so that the retribution that he may face for his actions is lessened by a Congress that is responsive to public opinion. That is his strategy: to use his sorrow to cushion his landing once his case crashes into the impeachment process...