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After the euphoria had subsided, my girlfriend wanted to linger a little after the final buzzer to absorb the atmosphere...
...them. Beyond these problems lies NATO's concern about how this war will end for the refugees: "Will the alliance be able to deliver on its promise to get all of them back home?" asks Calabresi. Because of its ethnic fragility, Macedonia is in no position to permanently absorb the refugees on its soil. And Albania, while happy to receive its ethnic brethren, is economically unable to care for them in the long term. How and where the refugees ultimately wind up will in large measure determine how long the guns can stay silent once the last shot...
Many analysts have suggested that he wants to absorb enough punishment to provide cover for handing over Kosovo to international peacekeepers. "It's very Slavic," says the Russian observer. "He needs to be seen as compelled, so he can sell it to the 90% of Serbs who cling to Kosovo emotionally." But it is equally possible that he has something else in mind. Perhaps he thinks he can successfully endure all the bombing the West can muster and still continue to defy its plans for Kosovo, as his enemies exhaust their will before he exhausts his. "He truly believes...
...Saudis, the aim is to absorb some 300 million bbl. of supply overhang and bring inventories more in line with demand. It won't be easy. Nearly a year ago, some of the same countries that signed on to last week's deal agreed to reduce oil production by a whopping 3.1 million bbl. daily. When that happened, prices rose from $13 to more than $17 per bbl. Then flagrant quota busting, higher production from Iraq, warmer winter weather and lower demand for energy in Asia combined to wreck the price-fixing scheme, and oil crashed to just over...
...make sense to predict that, as clubs close their doors on most weekends, the Houses may absorb some of the social runoff by default...