Word: absorbate
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...forests of New Guinea, native boys must undergo a kind of tribal bar mitzvah in which reeds are forced up their noses and down their throats to bleed out the spirits of their mothers. Some tribal warriors still eat a slice of a dead victim's liver to absorb his magic. Barely out of the Stone Age, this primitive land, composed of Australian Papua and the United Nations trust territory of Northeast New Guinea, was last week nevertheless preparing itself for self-government...
...shower head to form filaments-but its molecular structure has been changed through the use of new chemicals in the manufacturing process. Whereas the old rayon shrank in the rain and often broke up in the family washing machine, the new fiber is stronger and shrinkproof, while retaining the absorbent qualities of the old fiber. Nowadays it is usually blended with a cheap grade of cotton to produce such items as bed sheets that feel like percale and towels that can be dyed brilliantly and absorb more water than cotton. Because of Government supports that peg the cheapest cotton...
...Religious life should and will be integrated in One Religion which should and will absorb or replace existing sects...
...hardened under ground emplacements by the end of 1965, and the U.S. also has 176 submarine-borne Polaris missiles, 108 Titans, and a force of up to 1,300 long-range bombers. Said the President: "We are clearly capable of destroying an aggressor even if forced to absorb a first strike. Under these conditions, further substantial increases in our strategic forces would soon be of diminishing value." There are those who disagree-notably Air Force Chief of Staff Curtis E. LeMay and G.O.P. Presidential Aspirant Barry Goldwater-and there is likely to be an outcry in Congress for more funds...
...conditioners, cheap farm machinery and gasoline engines for new nations, and fresh ideas in urban mass transportation. General Electric Economist Nelson Foote believes that one of the nation's basic needs is to keep the suburbs growing because of the vast number of products that new homes can absorb. The trick, he thinks, is to develop a good, low-priced house, and to create job opportunities for working wives outside cities...