Word: cushion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Colby knotted it at two at 12:20 of the second period, but the tie was short-lived as the Crimson exploded to regain the two-goal cushion Sophomore defender Holly Leitzes (seven goals, 11 assists) fired home a pass from senior captain Jeoy Alissi (seven goals, 13 assists) at 13:56 and struck again at 15:17, snapping home a Mleczko pass...
Kirk Nielsen calmly waited for it and created atwo-on-one break with Jason Karmanos. Karmanostook his pass and top-shelved the puck by McKersieto give the Crimson some cushion at the 2:03 mark...
...other things. First, the pain of communism's collapse, which was there well before the reformers. Second, the incredible inconsistency of policy because reformers have been battling conservatives for two years and have been unable to implement a strong reform program. Third, Western help never came and never helped cushion the change. ((U.S. Deputy Secretary of State)) Strobe Talbott did a terrible disservice to the reformers with his glib quip that there had been too much shock and not enough therapy. That was not U.S. policy, but boy, did it hurt Russian reformers badly...
...hear him trying, perhaps, to drum up business for a vegetable-growing friend. "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion," he says...
...countries, which must unanimously approve new state subsidies -- at a time when Europe's steel industry as a whole is awash in excess capacity and red ink. Italy wants to salvage 2,000 of 5,800 imperiled jobs at Taranto, in the impoverished Mezzogiorno, while Spain is struggling to cushion the blow in the politically troubled Basque region, where 9,700 steelworkers are targeted for dismissal...