Word: cushioned
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...scorned; Sim Rosedale (La Paglia), another of Lily's suitors, earns scowls because he was crude enough to earn his money instead of inheriting it. But Lily has no wealth to cushion her fall. Her old, sure sashay down garden paths is now a scurry along tenement streets; she is afraid of being seen by those who once were pleased to say they knew...
...course, democracy isn't perfect and life isn't fair, not even on Election Day. But we can at least whittle down our margin of error - and increase our cushion of trust - to modern standards. And these days, what machine do we trust the most? The friendly neighborhood...
Though Stathos was replaced by sophomore Nate Homeland to begin the second period, the damage was already irreparable for the Tigers, as the three-goal cushion was more than enough to secure the Engineer victory...
...what she considers to be the essence of Tibetan Buddhism: the practice of visualization, or imagining yourself a Buddha to become one. "Buddhism is a come-and-see model," she says. "Meditation is the path. You don't have to accept dogma. You have to spend time on the cushion." Her time on the cushion has yielded the upcoming memoir Dreaming Me: An African American Woman's Spiritual Journey...
...proselytizer." She is, however, a philosopher with a bold agenda. "People tell you for centuries that you're just a cattle, just a beast of burden," she says of slavery's legacy. "The consequences of that remain with us and need potent, powerful medicine." Her prescription: kneel on the cushion and envision your self transformed...