High school & college brought him word of what the stars really were, how senselessly large & distant & numerous, but such intellectual shocks were cushioned by the distractions of coeducation--female bodies... Decades went by in which his acquaintance with the stars failed to advance.
Unlike traditional mitigation methods such as backfilling soft soil or sand around the buried structures and adding shock-isolation cushions to the equipment, a new structural design of underground structures are proposed by constructing an isolation slab, to which the equipment is attached.
As well as having a pro-inflammatory role that may be important in the pathogenesis of knee OA, the close proximity of the IPFP to articular cartilage and bone may enable it to function as a shock-absorber, cushioning the impact of joint loading through the knee.
Paul likened them to riding in a car without cushions or shocks.
The carts were completely unsprung, and only their flexible construction cushioned the shocks transmitted from the humps and hollows of the trail.
Credit-default swaps (CDSs) cushioned lenders from shocks.Now the view of Paul Volcker, Mr Greenspan's predecessor, is much more in tune with the times.
Luchini makes the ideal foil, for, as Germain, he clings to the softest of delusions — the idea that, if you've read enough books, you are cushioned against the shocks of body and soul, and are obviously too astute to wind up as a dupe.
Households that received salaries were adequately cushioned against livelihood shocks and were able to remain well-off.
The main success has been in building up the capital cushions banks have to withstand shocks.
The added height and plasticity of the cushions will theoretically absorb the shocks and alterations spurred by flooding or rises in sea level.
The fiscal framework is good, and the mission focused on how to build fiscal cushions needed to respond to adverse shocks.
