In the process of absorbing the rules of the institutions we inhabit, we become who we are.
But it is not just about absorbing the rules; the game will only take you so far.
He moved to the West Coast five years ago and swiftly absorbed the ground rules of life in Beverly Hills; e.g., he is likely to turn up at his desk in a cardigan and an open-necked shirt, thus obeying the precept that casualness of office attire increases in direct ratio to grandeur of status.
Eventually, she sought out the well-known Czech photographer Josef Sudek and over time became what he called his "apprentice-martyr," mixing chemicals for the darkroom, filing negatives and absorbing the unwritten rules of composition as she watched him print his dark, moody, almost abstract works.
Hopefully it'll be a stinker and the organisers will revert to the natural order of things, having absorbed the golden rule of Friday night sport: It only works in places where there isn't much else to do.
Its writer, director and star, Josh Radnor, who plays Ted in "How I Met Your Mother," has obviously absorbed the first rule of the game: no matter what, keep things perky and gabby, even if nothing of substance is expressed, and the wisecracks fizzle.
Various suggestions are made to fill the gaps created by the current architecture: establishing a shared-bailout rule to absorb the remaining losses, simplifying the organisation of banking groups and creating a truly federal deposit insurance scheme.
The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Texas also wrote a letter to the state questioning who would absorb the costs, and criticized the proposed rule for limiting women's choices.
They absorb the atmosphere".
"Other Arab nations should absorb the Palestinians".
