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For now, though, Blackstone has absorbed a costly reminder that senior housing is among the most unforgiving corners of commercial real estate.

"That helps absorb the heat and slows the fire's spread."

Of course, as you get older and become absorbed in caring for kids or older family members, friendships can dissolve.

Another was to sprinkle a special chemical into his shoes that, once absorbed into the bloodstream, would cause his famous beard to fall out.

The robot’s computer brain went to work and found that certain kinds of mushrooms were capable of healing the land by absorbing toxic substances.