It would be premature to recommend other protective hats or caps, or cushioning of cars, until more is known about the degree of protection afforded.
There is to be a cushioning, and a ceiling is to be imposed.
That is why we are not hearing so much about the cushioning of prices.
We must not assume that unemployment benefits can do all the short-term cushioning from hardship which is required.
They are only cushioning the allowances against inflation—that is, cushioning lower incomes groups against inflation.
That is a cushioning for the consortia and does not provide the kind of spur to export for which one would look.
The grant will be paid in support of expenditure by those authorities, cushioning the impact on council tax payers.
Unemployment benefit and redundancy payment are both humane and civilised methods of cushioning the impact of the misfortune of unemployment.
