51.   Mastercard will likely agree to absorb the losses from fraud on the system.

52.   Mark Wohlers absorbed the loss, lasting only one-third of an inning and allowing three runs.

53.   None of the rumors are confirmed and the banks involved and the government have been quick to say that the financial system is absorbing recent losses without great difficulty.

54.   No media company is giving up on the promise of the Internet, but many today are scaling back their Web ventures after absorbing huge losses.

55.   Orioles starter Rocky Coppinger absorbed the loss.

56.   Philips Electronics NV said it will stop absorbing the losses of Grundig AG, its German consumer electronics unit, from the end of this year.

57.   Quaker has absorbed operating losses on Snapple too.

58.   Processors absorb the loss on foreign sales because Ottawa maintains high domestic support prices.

59.   Rather, the capital cushions banks use to absorb losses are too thin for another year of big write-offs.

60.   Recently-acquired left-hander Terry Mulholland absorbed the loss despite allowing just five hits and two runs in eight innings.