Word: cushioning
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...smouldering wet mattress poked out the window and then dropped to the steps below. A fireman stuck out his head, yelled, "Hey, did I hit anybody?" and then tossed out a chair cushion...
...A.M.C. will introduce steering columns that collapse, accordion-fashion, under impact, thereby lessening the danger of chest and abdominal injuries to drivers. Ford has a somewhat similar device and, beginning with the 1969 model year, will start producing cars with collapsible front ends designed to crumple systematically and cushion collisions...
Dean Watson has predicted that the situation will get worse before it gets better. Maybe. But the University, by planning a little, could do a lot to cushion the impact of an inflated student population...
...goal, Harvard dominated play for most of the first period. McCullough scored at 7:50, with assists from Kent Parrot and Ben Smith, and again at 14:50 with Parrot and Bob Carr helping out. Nineteen seconds later, Garrity beat goalie Errol McKibbon and Harvard had a 3-1 cushion...
Emily Levine as Lady Britomart, and Hamilton Corbett as Barbara's professor-fiancee, are the best of the leads. Miss Levine's portrayal of the imperious lady who has her son transfer a cushion from chair to chair as she moves is clear and consistent. Corbett's Adolphus Cusins believably combines modesty, erudition, cynicism, and animal...