Word: absorb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meaning conversations. Neville Chamberlain went to Munich entertaining that notion. Not every human conflict is ripe to be settled in the court of reason. Still, certain kinds of tragedy have become intolerable in the world as they never were before: the lushly cataclysmic plot development that history could once absorb (even to the extent of permitting two "world wars") will no longer do. When the world has so armed itself as to make the use of those arms a stroke of global cancellation, then the casual "Let's talk about it" takes on a ticking urgency...
...entrepreneurs in Washington, D.C., and Boston are prepared to absorb these slings and arrows for scofflaws. For annual charges, including membership fees, representatives of Washington's Humiliation Elimination and Boston's Ticket Away will pay fines and drive owners to their cars, charging the entire cost to the customer's credit card. In Washington, parking offenders can sip champagne in a chauffeured limousine as they are taken to their lost vehicles at the D.C. department of transportation's impoundment lot. Said a gratified user of the Boston service: "Not only did it save...
...between the rule of law and the rule of morality is important and eternally debatable. But in the realm of convention, the court has laid bare the possibility of England wresting away Canada's control of her own destiny. Since the constitutional debate is highly politicized, Canadian politicians must absorb some blame for the plausibility of such an occurence. But the British parliament should abide by Trudeau's decision, whether or not he manages to attract provincial consent. England out of Canada...
...ever seen her jog. She has no time for tennis. And she certainly does not play baseball, soccer, basketball or any of the other sweaty sports that absorb millions of Americans. "Watching people on the street is my thing," says Clothes Designer Norma Kamali...
...another departure from present policy, the proposed guidelines would urge faculty members to guard against "conflicts of commitment"-outside activities that absorb too much of a professor's academic time or energy-in addition to the traditional financial conflicts of interest stressed by existing guidelines...