Word: cushioned
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...steps are being taken against the post-war flames of hate which make any sane treatment of a defeated enemy impossible? Lastly, is there any hope that Congress will knife through political morass and public let-George-do-it-iveness to solve the problem of wartime inflation, and so cushion the eventual shock...
...just read a news item which stated that Mr. Roosevelt was preparing a cushion for little business in order to soften the shock that is coming to all business organizations not engaged in defense work...
Concerning this cushion business, I am wondering if history will not repeat...
...sword and that, "the good Peter reeled with the blow . . . and missing his footing, by reason of his wooden leg, down he came on his seat of honor with a crash which shook the surrounding hills, and might have wrecked his frame, had he not been received into a cushion softer than velvet, which some kindly cow had benevolently prepared for his reception...
Designed both to curb inflation now and to cushion deflation in the post-war period, the order gave the Federal Reserve Board power to set minimum down payments and maximum repayment periods -for finance companies and retail stores as well as banks, for personal loans as well as for installment sales. Exempted were only business and agricultural loans, time purchases of homes...