Word: absorber
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Truman hardly had time to absorb the impact of President Roosevelt's death and the immensity of his new job before he was called upon to make a big decision. Minutes after taking the oath of office -less than three hours after Roosevelt's death-he was preparing to hold his first Cabinet meeting, when Press Secretary Steve Early came into the Cabinet Room. "The press, he explained, wanted to know if the San Francisco Conference on the United Nations would meet, as had been planned, on April 25th. I did not hesitate a second. I told Early...
...North African Jews had applied for free transportation to Israel, but last week the Jewish Agency's Immigration Committee set the country's "absorptive capacity" for this year at 45,000, and doubted that it could scrape together enough money to transport even that many. Israel cannot absorb large numbers of newcomers without grave risk to its burdened economy. No longer are there abandoned Arab villages to be filled, no longer is there fertile land, once worked by the Arabs, to be brought to plow; there remain only the harsh lands of the desert and the stony hills...
...Where one muscle rubs against another or against some harsh edge of bone, the human body often interposes a bursa. Somewhat like a small collapsed balloon, the bursa has lax walls and a slick lubricated interior surface that equips it to absorb friction. Bursitis is inflammation of one or more of these bearings of the body. It is a common ailment. Nearly all cases are caused by some form of extra wear, tear or injury; usually, the victim is not certain about the specific cause. President Eisenhower does not know exactly what caused his trouble...
FURNITURE PRICES are on the way up, will rise between 3% and 7% by fall. Though sales are running as much as 37% more than a year ago, most manufacturers report that increasing prices of wood and upholstery plus wage boosts are pushing costs up more than they can absorb...
HOME HEATING-PLANT prices will go up this fall because of the rising price of steel. Though sales are booming (up 20% in some cases this winter) for most of the 300 companies in the highly competitive field, most manufacturers report that they can no longer absorb increasing costs of raw materials, will have to boost prices, possibly as much...