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Second, with Mickey Mouse's money cushioning the blow for both ABC and ESPN, there are more budgets from which to draw to pay Madden, who also will contribute to ESPN's ``Countdown'' and ``SportsCenter'' shows.
stock market runs into a bad year here in 2000 and international funds, instead of cushioning the blow, get hit even worse than the domestic ones.
Others tried cushioning the blow with plastic peanuts and bubble wrap, others went the edible route, trying Jell-O and even peanut butter.
 
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