71.   That is because when a managed care group negotiates a lower group rate with a hospital, say, the hospital does not simply absorb the loss of revenue.

72.   The agricultural cooperatives, on the other hand, can hardly absorb any losses without sinking into bankruptcy, analysts say.

73.   The basic debt could also be shrunk by forcing LILCO to absorb a loss.

74.   The competition is only heightened by the difficulty of the parent companies to absorb losses in Denver.

75.   The insurance industry will be forced to absorb extraordinary losses.

76.   The merchant absorbs the loss.

77.   The participating community college systems are absorbing the loss in revenue for the reduced tuition classes.

78.   The steady earnings from local operations have also helped Sprint absorb losses involved in ramping up its international alliance with Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom.

79.   The Wildcats were still absorbing the loss when they, well, absorbed a loss in what by most accounts was a relatively subdued crowd at McKale Center.

80.   Their level premiums may reflect a temporary business strategy to absorb losses so as to grab market share.