Word: soaks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...couple of us would go down to the clubhouse and soak in the jacuzzi and hang out with some of the Patriots," he says...
Ritter warns that such faddishness has a broader effect: it can soak up scarce investment funds that other businesses could sorely use and thereby reduce employment prospects. Established businesses can also be hurt when their talent walks out the door to join a start-up in the hopes of hitting the IPO jackpot. And some defectors may harm their old employers by cashing in on ideas conceived on company time...
Indeed, those who declined to dress up had to soak up some second-hand ebullience from their peers. For those who simply needed some cleavage-enhancing advice, Steve P. Jawak '96 offered a way to solve the dilemma...
...virtual strip" in cyberspace. Don't like the odds offered in Casino Cuba? Click a button, and you're in virtual St. Martin. Eugene is also mocking up theme-oriented casino worlds, such as Space World, Water World and, of course, Sex World, where bettors can go and soak up "specialized atmosphere" while gambling...
...point of no return for many cancer patients. A clump of malignant cells in the body has fooled some nearby blood vessels into reaching out and embracing it. Now the tiny mass can soak up all the nutrients it needs to become a solid tumor and a major, life-threatening menace. Not much can stop it from growing until its cells spread, or metastasize, throughout the body, traveling along those same blood vessels to far-distant points in the lungs, bones and brain...