Word: absorber
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Astronomers have identified fiery quasars and the wispy shadows of supernova explosions at the very edges of the known universe. Yet the core of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, has long been an elusive stranger. Thick clouds of interstellar dust and gas absorb most of the light from the galaxy's central bulge long before it reaches planet earth, a small and distant suburb 30,000 light-years away from the Milky Way's midsection...
...provisions, including employer sanctions. Like other citizens, these respondents apparently view the tide of illegal immigration, rightly or wrongly, as a threat to both the jobs and wages available to legal residents. Also like other citizens, many of them worry about the capacity of the U.S. to absorb, economically and socially, an uncontrolled flow of aliens. Says Congressman Green: "The bill is not a cureall, but it's better than what we have now." -By George J. Church. Reported by Carolyn Lesh and Neil MacNeil/Washington, with other bureaus
...when interest rates and inflation were both hovering near 20%, the Soviets were machine-gunning their way around Afghanistan and American hostages were being held in Iran that a lot of Americans abruptly decided that his blue jeans were really tacky, his goodness unreal and his amazing ability to absorb facts unproductive...
Instead, it suggested three alternative options. One would absorb Ulster into a "unitary state" independent of Britain and governed from Dublin, with constitutional guarantees safeguarding both Protestants and Catholics. Another envisioned a federal arrangement in which North and South would retain some autonomy, but would be ruled by a central, confederal government. Last, an agreement would be reached by which the North would be jointly administered by Dublin and London...
Gever had made significant progress in the application of fluorocarbons as a blood substitute. Fluorocarbons readily absorb and transmit oxygen, as does blood Dr. Geyer was able to overcome a major obstacle, the formation of bubbles in the solution when injected into rate, by employing a different mixture. Another difficulty was eliminated by Dr. Leland C. Clark Jr. professor of Research Pedantries at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. Test animals did not exhale the fluorocarbons but rather collected the substance in their bodies especially in the liver Clark experimented until be found a fluorocarbon emulsion that would be expelled...