1.  As she absorbs the news that the ring is almost worthless, her eye falls on an amateurish painting that attracts her powerfully.

2.  A fast-moving man with a gravelly voice and gap-toothed grin, James maintains his smile even when absorbing unpleasant news.

3.  But she has said little in public about how she has absorbed the news or why, given her high profile, it was not releaved until now.

4.  But there was no time to absorb the news, to study the likeness of the schoolgirl in sausage curls for any resemblance to my elderly aunt.

5.  Families absorbed the news that charred bodies were being recovered on the streets of Rockaway, some still strapped into their seats.

6.  Holtz listened to the doctors, absorbed the news and went back to work, preparing for Purdue.

7.  My only truly bad day followed as Lynn and I absorbed the news.

8.  The guests put down their martinis and Rob Roys long enough to absorb the news, and Calvin abruptly calls the evening to an end.

9.  The lung cancer was not announced until Tuesday to give Mantle and his family time to absorb the news and decide how best to disseminate it, Goldstein said.

10.  The parishioners at the Queens church have had more than a week to absorb the news.