In recent weeks the government has therefore announced various measures to cushion the blow for graduates.
Mr Fox's immediate task, however, is to cushion the blow from the United States' slowdown.
There will be precious little support from short covering to cushion the blow of any sell-offs.
With interest rates already at 0.5%, monetary policy could not cushion the blow.
That means building an emergency fund to cushion the blow from a loss of income or surprise big expense, she says.
That said, a pick-up in growth in Japan and Europe ought to cushion the blow to exporters from an American slowdown.
Those installations helped cushion the blow of the 2001 tech bust, when Baron had to lay off 9 of his 40 employees.
And it can help cushion the blow for parts makers by introducing them to new buyers and giving loans to smaller businesses.
While many still offer enough severance to cushion the blow of layoffs, others are seeking ways around severance or even breaking prior commitments.
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It is time to pay the piper, and I, for one, have little interest in using my taxpayer dollars to cushion the blow.
Mark Begich believes stimulus money is helping to cushion the blow.
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Some local authorities have reacted by cutting men's wages and introducing a pay protection plan for those affected to cushion the blow to their wage packets.
Moreover, these foreigners can now do a bit to cushion the blow for Americans: already global demand, coupled with a weak dollar, is boosting American exports.
The truth is that when crude prices drop and our fuel margins dwindle, our chemicals margins rise--not in direct proportion, mind you, but sufficiently to cushion the blow.
Not having a second income to help cushion the blow of losing her job at Caterpillar adds to the stress, something Williams vows to keep hidden from her children.
Shih took pains to cushion the blow of layoffs, providing generous severance packages and writing letters of recommendation and personal messages to the families of those who lost their jobs.
Being able to point to an increased tax rate for the wealthiest Americans would help to cushion the blow and the blowback likely to result from the administration agreeing to fool around with Medicare.
As lawmakers handle the delicate possibility of helping Greece to achieve something of an orderly default on its sovereign debt payments, aggressive strategies are needed to cushion the blow for the bond holders.
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Koskinen said in an interview that the idea grew out of a series of notable community campaigns to cushion the blow that citizens might take if some systems fail to successfully roll over.
So what that meant was even though you had seen your 401(k) go down, or maybe you're a small business owner and you are tightening your belt, you had a little bit of extra money to cushion the blow.
To cushion the blow to beneficiaries, the cuts to health plans in high-cost areas of the country such as New York City and South Florida where seniors have enjoyed the richest benefits will be phased in over as many as seven years.
The Recovery Act was intended to cushion the blow of the -- and severity of the economic downturn, to help save and create jobs, one aspect of a larger recovery that includes financial reform which is making its way through Congress to ensure that the type of activities we saw don't happen again.
The roughly 20% annual growth in laptops will cushion the recent body blow.
Firms may soon feel less need for the comfort of a large cushion of cash, if the likelihood of a nasty euro-zone blow-up recedes.
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