21.   Internal fat pads the kidneys, while external fat keeps us warm and softens the impact of blows or collisions.

22.   Jeffrey Gordon, a spokesman for the State Budget Division, defended the cuts, saying that increased federal grants would soften the impact.

23.   Many Democrats said they might vote for the bill if Democratic amendments to soften the impact on children were adopted.

24.   Matos Azocar said the government will increase social spending to soften the impact of the IMF-sanctioned plan.

25.   On Beacon Hill, though, there is a strong desire to soften the impact of the cuts.

26.   Once, we might have assumed that the rightness of World War II might have softened the impact of war.

27.   Political pressures have prompted the Republicans to soften the impact of their proposals on beneficiaries.

28.   Prosecutors had presented evidence that Nichols had blasting caps and other explosives and the testimony that Tigar elicited from Nichols could soften the impact of that evidence.

29.   President Clinton has said he will sign the bill if Congress approves it, although his Administration supports efforts to add amendments to soften its impact.

30.   Several factors can soften the impact on consumers.