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...slick sociopathic blend of the two. He pummels your eye with wide-screen close-ups that eroticize violence and give a lurid threat to the sex. The love scene is a French- kissin', torso-lickin' jeans ad set to cinema. In the big shoot-out at the end, bloody cushion feathers smother the screen...
...self-insurance account. It would be like any other small savings account, only it would be reserved for small catastrophes that you'd no longer have to pay others to "protect" you against -- the occasional cracked windshield or stolen stereo. By giving you the cushion you need to feel comfortable taking high auto- and homeowners-insurance deductibles -- $1,000, say, instead of $100 or $250 -- it would cut your insurance bill and spare you the hassle of filing small claims...
...industry as a whole, the outlook seems to be getting brighter, with many banks actually thriving. The total level of bank capital, their cushion against losses, is at its highest since 1966. Despite the weak economy, problem loans have shrunk nearly 6% so far this year. Total bank profits zoomed to a record $15.5 billion in the first half of the year, up from $11.1 billion in the same period two years...
Locker used the team's two goal cushion to give a few reserve players a little time on the field...
INCUMBENCY USED TO PROVIDE A COMFORTABLE cushion for elected officials, especially members of the U.S. Congress. In the past four elections, House members had a re-election rate of over 95%. But the cushion has got rather lumpy in 1992, leaving a lot of sitting solons squirming in -- and sometimes out of -- their seats. Primaries in seven states around the country last Tuesday dumped a few more tenants of the House. The numbers were not sensational: two Congressmen lost their seats. But that brings the total of incumbents rejected in primaries so far to 19, one more than the previous...