41.   In effect, the school unknowingly was absorbing the loss of the embezzled money.

42.   In contrast was righthander Tom Gordon, who absorbed the loss but threw very well for the Royals.

43.   In other words, they cannot afford to absorb the losses from selling their troubled loans.

44.   Investors should react positively if companies absorb their losses all at once, he said.

45.   Ironically, USC is better suited to absorb the loss than it would have been just two weeks ago.

46.   It was the second straight night that Lloyd has absorbed the loss.

47.   Large banks could fare worse in the fourth quarter as some institutions absorb losses tied to the turmoil in the global financial markets.

48.   Large insurers such as New York-based American International Group Inc. are expected to produce solid profits because their diversity of business lines helps them absorb claims losses.

49.   Last year, Prudential Bank and Trust Co. sold some of the receivables in its trust to raise cash and used a loan to absorb possible losses.

50.   Many contractors may not be able to absorb those losses.