Porousness

He is worried by the roadside bombings of the Taliban and the insecurity and "porousness" on the border is a problem, calling for a "new security strategy" which is being discussed at the moment. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Over the centuries, the porousness of English has enabled it to absorb many thousands of new words from other languages. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

Recent drug arrests have highlighted the border's porousness. ❋ AP (2011)

Hardness gives way to porousness, drawing you in but also inhibiting entry. ❋ Willard Spiegelman (2011)

Buyer beware: Some dealers may try to justify the porousness and pockmarks of lower-end stone as naturally occurring imperfections that are a stylistic choice, say contractors. ❋ Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo (2011)

Border porousness and security is already a big deal in the border states and the farther away we get from 9/11, the less national attention there is on the issues. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He's been one of the cheerleaders for amnesty so why the great concern about the porousness of the border now?? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shivani: Are you positing a certain porousness in class in Mumbai? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Globalism trends that encourage the porousness of borders to promote the transition to an economic union among discrete countries. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A tempting idea, but no -- it's ostensibly nonfiction, which none of the other books are, and while that would make for some interesting discussions about the porousness of genre boundaries, I must remember this is an intro-level class and the ideas I'm planning on introducing are complex enough already. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The porousness of Lebanon's eastern border with Syria is a vital asset for Hizbullah. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The infiltration of the America's domestic drug trafficking by Mexican cartels, illustrating both the porousness of our southern border and the continuing gargantuan illicit drug trade in the United States, now dominates American drug policy discussions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

-- Globalist manipulations that encourage the porousness of borders to benefit currency manipulations and to promote the transition to an economic union among discrete countries. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is certainly not the fault of the hard working Americans who obey the law and deplore the violence on our border and the porousness of said border that makes it so easy to come here. ❋ Unknown (2009)