• Also, only use approved packing materials like foam packing peanuts, bubble cushioning, and packing tape.

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  • Investors now see the giant's diversity as a virtue cushioning it against bad times in any one market.

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  • Political regimes are a moving target, so the very government spending cushioning them now won't always be there.

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  • Massive fiscal and monetary stimulus is cushioning the damage to households' and banks' balance-sheets, but the underlying problems remain.

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  • Instead, we have a problem of governments cushioning mistakes when they should not.

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  • Whatever the reason, one result is that productivity is rising, cushioning profit margins.

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  • Burnley followed West Brom's model in the summer, refusing to spend above their means, cushioning the financial blow of relegation.

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  • Such drops would be more precipitous still were it not for the cushioning effects of ultra-low interest rates on European mortgage-holders.

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  • Mr Duhalde's measures were aimed at cushioning the impact of devaluation on the hard-pressed public, who have already suffered recession since 1998.

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  • Much of that was funneled into the protective-packaging segment, which includes Bubble Wrap, Jiffy mailers, Instapak foam cushioning and Fill-Air inflatable packs.

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  • At a minimum, a successful hospital could attract patients from competitors, cushioning it against a future in which people need hospitals less.

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  • Bowyer latched on to James McFadden's lofted pass before cushioning the ball past Mark Schwarzer for his fourth goal of the season.

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  • That, however, runs the risk that the Fed is cushioning the impact of the bursting of one bubble by inflating another in housing.

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  • Additionally, there's a padded palm rest, which you can detach if for some reason the extra cushioning isn't doing anything for your wrists.

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  • At risk of seeming flippant, the unseen here is what banks and carmakers have never become thanks to politicians always cushioning their flops.

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  • "China's growth should continue to outpace other leading economies, cushioning the slowdown, but exports will still be constrained by weak demand in Europe, " it added.

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  • Robert was figuring things out as he barreled along--it took a while before he even knew what a midsole was (the cushioning atop the sole).

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  • Rollhaus eventually scrapped the cumbersome water bumper -- which only worked for collisions up to 20mph -- in favor of cushioning stationary objects like lane dividers.

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  • Labour councillor Ricky Rogers said the projection that merging the former Wiltshire councils would produce "considerable savings" had happened, "cushioning the blow" of government funding cuts.

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  • As a result, tax cuts in response to a slowdown have typically arrived too late, fuelling the next boom rather than cushioning the impact of a recession.

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  • On the other end of the house, out back, they installed another deck, also surrounded by greenery and with a sitting area, cushioning the home between green spaces.

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  • Graham Lane, education chairman of the Local Government Association and leader of Newham council in east London, said some boroughs faced a multi-million pound budget shortfall in spite of the "cushioning" grant.

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  • With their inflexibility, cushioning, and raised heels, they almost force you to crash down on your heel and send the impact of all your weight in every step straight into your knees and hips.

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  • The answer is probably money, and the fact that the cushioning airbags were too heavy to be carried on the kind of rocket Nasa was willing to pay for to put the mission in space.

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  • For most people, their main assets is their home, not shares, so it is the increase in house prices, not the fall in the stock market, that is cushioning the impact of the recession so far.

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  • By cushioning the first-round economic impact of the financial stress, we hoped also to minimize the risks of a so-called adverse feedback loop in which economic weakness exacerbates financial stress, which, in turn, further damages economic prospects.

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  • Nani's stunning winner went some way to cushioning the shockwaves that were still reverberating around Old Trafford after Rooney confirmed his desire to leave and accused United of lacking ambition in a stunning statement delivered two hours before kick-off.

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  • The industry organisation insists that the country's big oil companies - BP, Caltex, Mobil and Shell - "do not profit from high crude oil prices", but are in fact "cushioning the Australian motorists from the full effects of rising crude oil prices".

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