31.   Some lawmakers are also looking at ways to soften the impact of vacancy decontrol.

32.   State-run fish hatcheries also soften the impact of habitat loss, says Matt Erickson, the marine biologist.

33.   Sottsass has tried using the first to soften the impact of the second.

34.   That provision, which GOP leaders approved Tuesday night as part of the minimum wage package to soften the impact on small businesses, drew loud protests from Democrats.

35.   The commission has also recommended that companies voluntarily use material around the springs to soften the impact of falls and prevent strangulation.

36.   The engines that are supposed to fire and slow the capsule, and soften the impact, failed to work properly.

37.   The limited coverage in Baltimore has softened its impact.

38.   The movie is a bland, glib melodrama that softens its impact by robbing its protagonist of the resourcefulness and physical courage it must have taken to survive.

39.   The new composition of the court could also substantially soften the impact of the decision, even if the court does not overrule it.

40.   The president said his latest Medicare proposal would soften the impact on teaching hospitals of earlier Medicare cutbacks.