Word: porousness
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...stampede westward into Poland. And if things get bad enough in the Soviet Union, which some Polish officials consider likely, many Soviets will come regardless of any change in regulations. "There is no way we can police the whole eastern border," says an official. "It is just too porous...
...women this balance is thought to be maintained, at least in part, by the hormone estrogen. The sharply reduced production of estrogen after menopause, many researchers believe, upsets that balance, triggering a gradual loss of bone tissue. In about one-quarter of women, this deterioration eventually results in the porous, brittle bones characteristic of osteoporosis...
...porous team defense finished deadlast in the league, inviting nearly five goals pergame...
...another swarm of intruders has crashed through America's porous Southwestern border: so-called killer bees. Last week the Department of Agriculture spotted the first incursion on U.S. soil of Africanized bees, originally imported to Brazil from Africa in 1957 for a breeding experiment. All the bees were trapped east of Hidalgo in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and promptly destroyed...
...stock in certain types of companies capitalized at less than $50 million. Regulations for this measure have not been written; critics charged that the scheme would create a new set of tax shelters -- dodges that do little for the economy but benefit those who can strain large profits through porous rules...