Word: absorber
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...beginning to wax eloquent on the "granitic formations" that absorb moisture and the "confluence of three rivers" that cool the air when a journalist for the newsweekly Le Point whispered "fifty-two to forty-eight" in his ear. Without any noticeable change of expression or vocal inflection, he continued his explanations of cloud formations...
...their staff experts makes it difficult for the House to sustain an institutional understanding of programs that go through generations and keep enlarging each year. "The big Government problem is the information overload at the center," says Stockman. There is just too much for most members of Congress to absorb in too short a time...
What is to be done? The U.S., long a nation of immigrants itself, can surely continue to absorb something close to the number of legal entrants it now accepts. But it must act swiftly and resolutely to make it more difficult for foreigners to come here illegally - and for businesses to hire them. A national ID card is a bad idea. Tougher border enforcement is a good one, as are swifter deportation proceedings, a "guest worker" program with sufficient protections for the "guests," stiff penalties for those who employ illegal aliens, and amnesty for illegals already here. The U.S. must...
...these arguments are fiercely disputed. Stansfield Turner, who was Carter's CIA director, contends that AWACS would hinder rather than increase Saudi security. As he wrote last week in the Washington Post: "There is no way they can absorb AWACS into their military structure without detracting from their primary concerns," which he defined as preparing to combat "insurrection and guerrilla warfare." Indeed, Turner claimed the Saudis' real reason for wanting AWACS is not military but political: "asking us to take an action that would be opposed by Israel" in order "to test whether we would eventually pressure Israel...
Many economists have long considered defense spending inflationary because it increases incomes and demand in the economy without enlarging the supply of goods and services. Military expenditures also absorb capital investment that might have been used to increase productivity in other areas of the economy. The Viet Nam War, for example, is generally blamed for starting the current 15-year-long bout with inflation...