Word: absorbable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John Malachowsky, an eighth-grader in West Babylon, N.Y., has been an avid builder of model rockets and airplanes since he was eight years old. When the price of his favorite enamel went from 15? to 19? a bottle, he realized that his $2-a-week allowance would not absorb the shock. So he sent a complaint to the Price Commission, charging that the Tester Corp. of Rockford, Ill., had raised the list price of its "Pla Enamel" well over 25%. "This is only $.04," he wrote, "but being only 12¾ years old, this is a big strain...
...oceans that cover two-thirds of the earth's surface are its biggest dump. The theory has always been that the seas could absorb any amount of filth and sewage, but leading scientists have repeatedly warned that the waters' capacity to purify lethal industrial wastes is limited and that poisons entering the marine food cycle become concentrated in fish...
...Last week Amin called British High Commissioner Richard Slater into his office before live TV cameras and accused him of plotting against the Ugandan government; London angrily recalled its representative. Most Britons, according to a recent Harris poll, approve of Prime Minister Edward Heath's firm commitment to absorb the refugees...
...recently in human development has man-or woman-had anything but contempt for work. The Greeks, who relied on slaves for their work, thought that there was more honor in leisure-by which they meant a life of contemplation-than in toil. As Aristotle put it: "All paid employments absorb and degrade the mind." Christianity finally bestowed a measure of dignity on work. Slaves and freemen are all one in Christ Jesus, said St. Paul, adding: "If any one will not work, let him not eat." For the medieval monks, work was a glorification of God; the followers...
...SPITE OF ALL WE'RE DOING TO KEEP FOOD PRICES DOWN, CERTAIN PRICE INCREASES YOU SEE IN FOOD STORES ARE INEVITABLE. IT'S SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR FOOD STORES TO ABSORB REPEATED WHOLESALE COST INCREASES FROM THE MANUFACTURERS WITHOUT REFLECTING SOME PART OF THESE INCREASES IN RETAIL PRICES...