But analysts said a cash handout scheme, announced as part of the fuel hike and aimed at protecting the country's poor, would help
cushion the blow of the price increase.
New Burnley boss Owen Coyle is a long-term admirer of former Hibs star Riordan and would be keen on landing the Scotland international to
cushion the blow of losing Lafferty.
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The Africa-Caribbean-Pacific countries could receive euro 190 million a year from the EU after 2007 to
cushion the blow of its sugar-sector reform, EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said on December 8.
(5) To this end, evidence uncovered a substantial buffering effect whereby social support acts to
cushion the blow and make the perception of stress less severe.
Appreciation of their currencies against the dollar may
cushion the blow, but it will not negate the shock of the structural adjustment that Asia still needs to make.
If Spotts seems to overlook the difference that sound economic stewardship can make, his film spotlights the fact that when hard times strike, our government is far quicker to
cushion the blow for corporations--say the $5 billion airline bailout in the wake of 9/11--than for American workers, including the more than 50,000 airline employees who were thrown out of work at the same time.
But you'll
cushion the blow if your teen gets good grades, takes driver's training, or is at college without a car.
Knowing that the patient's death marks the end of his or her suffering may help
cushion the blow of losing the loved one.
The district's portion of a full-time teacher's insurance premium, meanwhile, will jump from $550 to $670 in the first year and to $755 in 2004-05, helping to
cushion the blow of skyrocketing rates.
On the other hand, they're finding it tougher to find takers for some hard-to-place customers, and there's almost no way they can
cushion the blow for policyholders in some lines that face double-digit rate increases.
Corners made up four and multi-corners was zero, so that helped
cushion the blow."