Word: absorber
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reading and reading, and you get to the point where everything you know comes from what you read about them you get to the point when, kind of like when you're writing a paper, all of a sudden you realize you're in home territory and you absorb the history in a whole new way that makes it your...
Between 1945 and 1955, the number of cars in America doubled from 26 million to 52 million. That boom, along with the highways that supported it, extended the strange and strained realm of suburbia. To absorb this mobility came drive-in theaters, drive-in restaurants, drive-in banks and, most important, the shopping mall--Main Street reconfigured for cars. Society was transfigured: the automobile brought America to a new frontier made up of Tinkertoy communities full of undefined relationships and spaces, with the car itself an extension of living room, playroom, bedroom, with the whole country viewed through the windshield...
...TIME correspondent Bruce Van Voorst believes December?s 9-year-record trade deficit is a sign of things to come, plummeting Asian currencies send a tsunami of cheap imports towards America, while Japan's failure to stimulate its domestic demand and absorb some of Asia's exports exacerbates the crisis. "If the trend reflected in the December U.S. trade deficit continues - and there's every reason to believe it will - the Asian crisis could knock 1 percent off our GDP and wipe out 1 million American jobs," says Van Voorst.
Many students, desperate to abide by the ancient mantra "well-rested, well-tested," attempt to simultaneously absorb information and catch forty winks. The most advanced nappers have even mastered the art of taking notes while catching up on valuable REM shut-eye. However, not even the grand-masters can fight off the forces of snooze that pull the handwriting in a southeasternly direction towards the bottom of the page...
...insights to share regarding the nature of the American experience. From the beginning, he has emulated only the most professional and reputable models, including his father, a Cincinnati talk show host. A scholar who has spent time at Northern Kentucky University, our guest has made it his business to absorb wisdom from all sectors of society. An athlete who has tried out for the Reds, he exudes the determination and dedication we seek ourselves. Finally, as a two-time Emmy Award nominee, he has obviously mastered the secrets of success. Now, Class of 1998, I give you George Clooney...