Word: absorbingly
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...toxic to societies as it is to users. Addicts are prone to reckless criminality and extreme violence as well as paranoia and convulsions. Countries like Australia and New Zealand (where high-purity crystal meth is fast displacing less potent forms of the drug) are robust enough to absorb some of the damage. Island societies are not. Ice abuse has caused social and economic mayhem in Guam, Palau and Hawaii, says Shaun Evans, law enforcement adviser to the Pacific Islands Forum. Just as worrying, he says, it's brought other crime in its wake: "In the past, organized criminals stuck...
...selection of Harvard senior Trey Hendricks and Ohlendorf, to mlb.com. “There are very few players in the draft that are ready to go right to the big leagues. They need to be coached and our development people do a great job with guys who can absorb information and put that information into practice. It’s no coincidence that we look at those kinds of schools. We’ve found those kind of guys do absorb and learn and are coachable...
...it’s up to them to absorb it,” Amardeep Singh said. “If things don’t work out we’ll pursue other legal options, whether through a state commission or through the federal government or a lawsuit on our own. We’ll just have...
...will have pushed the benchmark short-term Fed funds rate to about 3% from today's 1%. Such movement would "reflect healthy economic conditions and be welcome," says Hugh Johnson, chief economist at First Albany Capital. Provided that rates climb slowly, a growing economy can absorb the incremental costs because profits, income and jobs are also on the rise...
...Development in Paris. The worst-case scenario, he says, is the simultaneous occurrence of higher oil prices, higher U.S. interest rates, lagging growth in Europe-plus a hard landing in China. "If you put all of these things together, that would be a cocktail that could be hard to absorb," he says, quickly adding that he sees it as a "low-probability event." But by itself, China "is not No. 1 on the list of risks to the global recovery." The world may be experimenting with China as a trading partner, but it has yet to develop a full-blown...