Word: cushioning
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...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...
...would not keep those costs from spiraling out of control. Among other things, it increased its estimate of annual inflation from 2.7% to 3.5%, lowered its estimate of how much it could save on Medicaid expenditures from an original $114 billion to $65 billion, and created a financial "cushion" to provide for unanticipated expenditures. As a consequence, it now figures that its reforms will take only a $58 billion bite out of the federal deficit in the five years ending in 2000, vs. $91 billion projected earlier. Most important, and most controversial, was a complex system of premium and subsidy...
...billion a year. But the political risks of cutting loose a province that has shown consistent majorities in favor of union with Britain remain too high, especially for Prime Minister John Major, who now needs the votes of the nine Protestant Unionists in the House of Commons as a cushion to defend his thin majority. And if London cannot afford to lose Ulster, Dublin cannot afford, for economic reasons, to welcome it back into a united Ireland...
Harvard thought it had created a two-goal cushion when freshman Kevin Silva deposited the ball into net after three textbook passes from captain Joe Bradley, freshman Will Kohler and sophomore Taadeh Sheriff...
...Sharon shrilled for contributions, "strategic depth" was his most prominent rallying cry. A Jewish-settled, Israeli-controlled West Bank would provide the necessary physical cushion to absorb the blow of any military thrust against Israel. He saw no irony in reassuring his audience that the West Bank settlements are valuable and truly livable, while simultaneously designating their inhabitants as mere cannon fodder. To use citizens in such a way is evidence of a very odd logic--an ad hoc obstructionism which offers no prospect of a decisive issue...