There are generally two types of shut-in procedures, which are soft shut-in and hard shut-in.
Belkin seems to have heard my cries, as its advertising a new UPS (or Battery Backup) that not only has room for six full-sized power bricks and capacity enough to keep your stuff running long enough for a soft shut-down, but also includes an integrated flashlight that turns on auto-magically so you can actually see what the hell you're doing behind your desk in the dark of night.
Closure is sibilant, soft; conclusion snaps shut, leaving no way out.
As existing sanctions bite, Tehran is talking both tough and soft, promising to shut the Strait of Hormuz in the case of an oil embargo and at the same time saying that it is ready to resume negotiations with the six-nation group, led by the European Union, which includes the five permanent members of the Security Council — the United States, France, Britain, Russia and China — plus Germany.
The doors shut with soft assurance; everyone had enough room.
Cowe's, maker of Berwick Cockles, a soft-ish striped mint, shut up shop last year after 200 years in business.
The child's eyes are tightly shut and his soft skin is so drained of color that you can see the blue veins through it.
Another Democratic-aligned soft-money group, Progressive Media USA, recently shut, in part because of signals from the Obama campaign.
The British-based maker of soft drinks and confectionery is shutting one in five of its 133 factories and cutting 10% of its 55,000 global workforce.Nestlé, by contrast, has kept on getting bigger.
But neither option, Mr. Farmer says, will shut the door on soft money.
Just as Teahout ran against the soft corruption of Andrew Cuomo -- who shut down the anti-corruption Moreland Commission after is started investigating Cuomo allies -- she could also raise questions about the soft corruption of Clinton, Inc.
