Word: absorb
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...which they wish to make famous for its feats in their year, or they are bent upon making a name for themselves, or they are inspired by a faculty idealist, or they are simply overflowing with exuberance and vitality which their curricular, athletic and cheerleading labors fail completely to absorb...
This situation in the opinion of Detroit, spells the most competitive year ahead in the history of the industry. It seems doubtful whether the public demand will absorb this greater production. The probability therefore is that the more popular and efficient motor producers will make further inroads upon their less favored competitors...
...pleasure and finds it, it is absurd to assert that as the sole motive the going to college--even in this pleasure-loving age. Neither the older nor the younger generation could be so unanimous in a single motive. Both, it seems fair to say, were prepared to absorb as much academic and worldly wisdom as came their way. Neither was averse to a good time. The greatest difference is in the tense of the verb with which you describe fathers and sons: one got it, the other is getting it. The truth of any comparison seems to reduce itself...
Worst of all, to the sugar trade at least, is the prospect for still further production increases in 1925-26. The present prices, however, are already below cost of production for most Cuban sugar-mills. There is little prospect of an increase in consumption sufficient to absorb the impending surplus...
...show shops. Weak Sisters. Bawdy humor of undeniable effectiveness is woven through this entertainment. The ladies of the title are ladies of questionable occupation. Naturally it turns out that certain other females of the company, of more pious background, are not entirely innocent. There is a roaring clergyman to absorb many of the jabs of satire. A generally competent performance by a group of virtually unknown players helps considerably. The author, Lynn Starling, is a playwright of proven skill (Meet the Wife). It is unfortunate he selected such a tawdry theme...