31.   Nor would he say when the company would absorb restructuring costs.

32.   Of course, the taxpayer will get stuck with the legal bill, the same way that he may have to absorb hidden costs of the Pataki veto.

33.   One Ford dealer in the Boston area has elected to step up to the plate and absorb the cost of helping a customer who inadvertently drowned an Explorer.

34.   Other customers would have to absorb the cost of buying the premium-priced power, they say.

35.   Other organizations must absorb the costs of overhead and the hassle of collecting and handling funds.

36.   Philip Morris said it could absorb the costs of the recall without hurting earnings.

37.   Rather than acknowledge the breach, the merchant absorbed the costs.

38.   Proponents of the bill said forcing companies to absorb the costs of damaged cars had put many small rental companies out of business.

39.   San Francisco business etiquette consultant Cyndi Seid says the host assumes the risk and should absorb the cost of a wine spill.

40.   Santander is absorbing those costs during a ten-year period, and said that within two years Banesto will have a much smaller influence on group earnings.