Ms. Norman gives them a touching, plaintive quality, her opulent tone further cushioning the tender phrasing.
Ayers has further cushioned his future by writing a maddeningly evasive memoir, "Fugitive Days" -- one of those books that tell by not telling.
In the coming months, senior music executives may spend as much time hyping up the harmful effects of piracy on their business as they will fighting it.Mergers would allow music companies to cut their costs further, cushioning their profits against falling revenues for a while.
The snag is that in the short run reforms that reduce job protection are more likely to depress consumer spending.So could the ECB not cut interest rates further to cushion economies as reforms are carried out?
It also further helps cushion the losses Warwickshire suffered this summer owing to the weather.
Their past borrowing leaves them less room for further borrowing to cushion financial blows.
The bank's core tier-one capital ratio, an indication of its financial strength, is low compared with a number of its rivals and some analysts have said it needs further cash to cushion it against future writedowns.
'I'm not in it to be famous,' she says, sinking further into the cushions.
