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Stewardesses are never very soothing anyway. Who are they trying to kid with that little spiel on takeoff about safety exits and all that crap? "In the unlikely event that we have to ditch the aircraft over water, your seat cushion will act as a floatation device." First off, if it's so damn unlikely that we're going to crash, why bother telling us about it? And a floatation device? Great, you're crashing into the water at 600 miles per hour--all you need is a surfboard...
...state. It doesn't seem to offend their moral sensibilities that during the past three years eight million more Americans have slipped below the poverty line. It doesn't anger them that Black unemployment is double that of white, and that programs and benefits that had once been the cushion between subsistence and deprivation have been abruptly withdrawn...
...flurry of turnovers and series of poorly chosen just plain bad--shots. That, coupled with the timely pinpoint outside shooting of Lion guard Mark Settles and forward Mark Lay (18 and 11 points on the night respectively), ignited a Columbia rally which gobbled up a six point Harvard cushion and turned it into a 63-62 Columbia lead with 4.04 remaining...
...Jacques and Bjorkstrand combined to complete Jacques' hat trick with 8:30 remaining, and Kevin Mann's goal two minutes later gave Maine at decisive two-goal cushion...
...most successful refugees have had a network of relatives and friends to help cushion the shock of resettlement. Several weeks after stepping off a crowded fishing boat in Key West, Teresita Hernández, 24, came to Chicago under the sponsorship of her uncle. "At the beginning it was hard for me," she admits. But with the money she earns as a part-time clerk, Hernández has been able to rent a small studio apartment, buy a serviceable used car and enroll in classes at Northeastern Illinois University. Her goal: to become a pharmacist...