borne

Terminating these projects now, therefore, means squandering billions of dollars in sunk costs already borne by taxpayers.

"Unlike many traffickers whose drug activities are borne, at least in part, from desperation, poverty, and a lack of educational opportunities," they said, "the defendant has lived a life replete with privilege and choice."

Fears that the new system would result in a crime spike have not been borne out.

Elio also helped workers with their own health problems, most frequently headaches or back pains, borne of a life of sitting for hours on end.

A diplomatic office was added in Copenhagen, but plans for another in Warsaw have not yet borne fruit and the idea of rejoining the European club remains as distant as independence.