Word: absorbency
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...depressed have a much higher rate of bone loss than their nondepressed counterparts--and this disparity increases as women pass through menopause. Indeed, Cizza estimates that some 350,000 women get osteoporosis each year because of depression. Cortisol appears to interfere with the ability of the bones to absorb calcium and offset the natural calcium loss that comes with menopause and aging. Another class of chemicals, the pro-inflammatory cytokines, have also been implicated in osteoporosis and diabetes, but their role is less clear...
...example, though the King Open will absorb many of the Harrington students, school leaders have made clear they will not take the entire population, in order to preserve the small feel of their school...
...absorb pain today when you can put it off until tomorrow? Walk the streets of Tokyo and there is no sense of urgency, no indication that the country has a credit rating equal to Botswana's. Part of Japan's quiet confidence comes, no doubt, from the $6 trillion in personal savings its citizens have amassed, thanks to its exceptionally high 13% household-savings rate. That totes out to $150,000 per capita, or nearly two and a half years' worth of the average worker's income per household?making it a massive, self-funded social safety net, insulating...
...solution favored by the liberal European elite has again proven just how out of touch it is with the majority of the people. Rather than restrict immigration to levels their economies can absorb and promote linguistic and cultural integration, the European Union wants to deal with racism by criminalizing “hate speech.” On Nov. 7 the Council of Europe adopted a measure that bans “acts of a racist and xenophobic nature” committed online. While not promoting speech codes, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance issues rhetorical condemnations of xenophobia...
...It’s the sign of a good team that can absorb an offensive chance and turn it around and score a goal right away,” Grumet-Morris said...