Word: cushioned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...victims worldwide, so authorities are seeking a much bigger bailout. Their intended source: the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, who is now the major shareholder in B.C.C.I. For months banking authorities and liquidators have tried to talk Zayed into donating billions of dollars to cushion the losses of depositors around the world so they might recoup 30% to 40% instead of the 10% now expected. B.C.C.I.'s agreement with the U.S. may pave the way for that bailout...
...much better job with the money it is spending by balancing compassion with realistic notions of what can be done. It is not possible to offer unlimited medical care to everyone, nor fair to cushion the well-to-do with vast public-health-care subsidies while millions of American children and their parents go without. It's time for a cure...
Before Princeton had time to enjoy its 2-1 cushion, however, Harvard worked some of its own corner magic. Senior Kristen Fowler drilled the ball by Orpen for her seventh goal of the season and knotted the game...
...dormant. To chairman John Reed, that's worrisome. As the % largest issuer of such cards, Citicorp relies on the profit from those operations (last year: $610 million) to offset disasters like the depression in commercial real estate. As Americans get serious about whittling down their debts, the profit cushion for many bankers is getting uncomfortably thin...
...saying that the gulf war was not fought in order to bring democracy to Kuwait. The Secretary of State has admitted that Kuwait's government is not 'the optimum type of regime,' but when the President, who's considered a saint in Kuwait, downplayed democracy, the Emir won a cushion that will protect him at least until the '92 vote...