Word: seep
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...between the U.S. and its neighbor, and at the moment tempers south of the border are steaming again. The current flash point is Southern California's plan to line with concrete the All-American Canal, which carries water to the Imperial Valley, to save 106,000 acre-feet that seep uselessly into the ground beneath the canal each year. On the one hand, this is an ambitious project in water conservation; on the other, Mexican officials say the loss of seepage will deplete the underground water supply around Mexicali...
Protoporphyria victims suffer from a defectiveenzyme, which causes the protoporphyrin moleculeto seep into the subject's skin rather thanincoporating itself into the oxygen-carryinghemoglobin in the bloodstream, where it belongs.At the body's surface, the errant molecule reactswith oxygen in the air, causing severe itching andburning...
From the drug culture, AIDS is starting to seep into the heterosexual population. More and more women are getting AIDS, mostly because they either inject drugs themselves or have sex with infected men. But the problem is not limited to the households of heroin addicts. AIDS is increasingly common among abusers of drugs that are not injected, such as crack cocaine and alcohol. These people tend to be sexually uninhibited and promiscuous, which increases their risk of picking up the AIDS virus. Last year about 5% of the new AIDS cases resulted from heterosexual contact, compared with...
Even in a hermetically sealed society, ideas do seep in. Some privileged academics, artists and athletes have traveled abroad and been exposed to the freedom of the outside world. Many foreign analysts believe the pressure for change will eventually be overwhelming -- but only after Kim Il Sung is gone. Says Professor Kim Kook Chin, of Seoul's Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security: "They have to open up their system to develop their economy. But if they do open the door, it will undermine their system. The more they open up, the more vulnerable they will...
...Mongolia's isolation lifts, outside influences seep in. English is taught in schools and on television. Western pop culture -- from rock music to lambada dancing -- has invaded the cities. And the infectious spirit of Eastern Europe's pro-democracy parties is broadcast directly into many Mongolian homes, courtesy of Soviet television...