Tom got soaking wet.

Mennad's pillow is soaking wet.

They then built a small mushroom farm in a tub, and when this worked, they moved on to a bigger tub, and so on.

The tub shape is smaller and deeper than is common in Western homes.

They pledged to donate ten cents to the zoo for every tub of Knut sweets it sold.

Lastly, they dipped his head in a tub filled with excrement in an attempt to obtain the information they wanted.

And though I'm a rock star, I just want to assure you that none of my wishes will include a hot tub.

Incredibly, the US is now soaking up roughly two thirds of all global net saving, a situation without historical precedent.

Steeping is the soaking in liquid (usually water) of a solid so as to extract flavours or to soften it.

But the reality is that neither the euro nor the yen is capable of soaking up China s growing foreign exchange reserves.

The media are filled with tributes and retrospectives, and all over the world, the public seems to be avidly soaking it up.

Water immersion in a tub could last up to 12 seconds, no more than two hours a day, for up to thirty days in a row.

This is often indicated by a graphic of an open tub, with the number of months written inside (e.g., 12M means use the product within 12 months of opening).

Interestingly, both sides cite America s gaping trade deficit believe it or not, the US is soaking up two thirds of global excess saving to support their arguments.

And the US financial sector, in greasing the wheels of the real economy, has been soaking up an astounding 30 of corporate profits and 10 of wages.

Obama can lose these people, however, if he forgets that he is a reconciler, not a class warrior, and goes from tilting towards the poor to soaking the rich.

This year, the US will borrow roughly 800 billion to finance its trade deficit. Incredibly, the US is now soaking up roughly two thirds of all global net saving, a situation without historical precedent.

In the run up to the financial crisis, the US external deficit was soaking up almost 70 of the excess funds saved by China, Japan, Germany, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and all the countries with current account surpluses combined.

There appear to be many Republicans and independents who feel the same way. Obama can lose these people, however, if he forgets that he is a reconciler, not a class warrior, and goes from tilting towards the poor to soaking the rich.

I love the way that they'll stare slack jawed at their first baseball game with wide eyes and a mitt on their hand, soaking in the crack of the bat and the crunch of the peanuts and the smell of the hotdogs.

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