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And it's a 35-key keyboard designed to fit both inside the scanner, be magnetically safe, have minimal interference that would contribute to any artifact, and have this cushion so that it can rest on the players' legs while they're lying down in the scanner, playing on their back.
He had to sit on a cushion, stand still, not move, because it was very painful.
This process requires a lot of cushion space between the point she starts falling and the ground.
Synovial fluid is more or less the texture of egg yolk and its primary purpose is to cushion the bones and help them glide past each other.
The H20 in our bodies works to cushion and lubricate joints, regulate temperature, and to nourish the brain and spinal cord.
We snag the plane out of the sky, and then we gently plop it onto an actively inflated cushion.
In sum, kick ass character progression, design, story without the cushion of dialogue, and most importantly, the always appreciated desolate scenery of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
I myself am guilty of that already.I particularly liked the way that we saw a different perspective of Rose's and the Doctor's relationship and the ending;well, it's the first time I have ever hidden behind a cushion!
Just don't give him a knife, otherwise his eyes light up and no furniture cushion in the house is safe.
The kids grow up,one all be it, in the hard way, to realize that no matter how old they or a parent is, the parent still loves their children and are willing to provide them a cushion when they fall.
If a whoopee cushion can't make you grin, there's no reason to watch any of the stuff these guys did.
to summerize this film is pretty lousy but its does have a unique take on buddy movie cliches and is better then most films cliches.instead of one's black and the other white or one's a ticking time bomb and the other is as wise cracking street cop or one's a suicidal partner and the other is danny glover or one's a dog and the other is a human or one is a couch cushion and the other is a blender in this movie one's an arrogant son of a bitch and the other is a whiny annoying mess.
The Elusive Benefits of Flexible Exchange RatesCAMBRIDGE – In 1953, Milton Friedman published an essay called “The Case for Flexible Exchange Rates,” arguing that they cushion an economy from internal and external shocks by bringing about just the right price changes required to keep the economy at full employment.
The IMF has already moved quickly to help many of our member countries in this time of crisis, including by protecting social spending in order to cushion the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable.
For southern Europe as a whole, the single currency has proved to be a golden cage, forcing greater fiscal and monetary rectitude but removing the exchange rate as a critical cushion against unexpected shocks.
Second, most emerging markets have moved to floating exchange rates, which help to cushion growth from external shocks such as unanticipated monetary-policy tightening in the United States.
While reserves may provide some cushion for minimizing the adverse effects of capital outflows, in most cases they will not be sufficient.
The joint budget, which would make investments and provide a cushion during economic downturns, would be overseen by a eurozone finance minister, who would answer to eurozone countries’ representatives in the European Parliament.
As Sovereign GDP-Linked Bonds argues, the issuance of GDP-linked bonds will create “fiscal space” – a cushion for exigencies – for some countries.
A higher target is essential in order to have enough room to make the cuts in short-term safe nominal interest rates of five percentage points or more that are usually called for to cushion the effects of a recession when it hits the economy.
For example, how would Greece (or any country) exit the euro in order to cushion the extreme downward wage adjustment required to regain competitiveness, and to avoid the severe social unrest that could result from reining in debt too rapidly?
And an investment budget has little to do with the purpose of a stabilizing mechanism: to cushion economic shocks.
Regulators then shifted to edicts requiring banks to maintain a specified capital cushion, thick enough to cover potential losses.
Not only can public assets be used to cushion shocks and counter adverse trends; they can also help fund an expansion of social insurance.
But sluggish growth means less tax revenue and more demands for payments to cushion hardship, placing pressure on government budgets.
Even if the wind does not blow as hard as usual or operating and maintenance expenses turn out to be higher than we assumed, there is enough of a cushion that bondholders will be paid out on schedule.
In addition, such insulation discourages the raising of additional capital, inducing executives to run banks with a capital level that provides an inadequate cushion for bondholders and depositors.
Its core was the belief that the state could provide both stable economic growth and social welfare to cushion the negative side effects of free markets.
The discussion quickly turned to the difficulty of measuring inflation accurately and the need to build in a “safety cushion” to avoid deflation.
Fortunately, China is still enough of a planned economy that officials can mobilize policies to cushion the impact.
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