Quotes about absent
absent fact stood watched
We've watched her be abused in the past, and she's overcome, stood strong. We're not going to be absent or indifferent to the fact that she may be abused again. Harry Belafonte
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We expect very significantly higher prices, higher deductibles and tighter terms and conditions as a result of Katrina. For the next year or two, underwriting results, absent another large catastrophe, should be very, very strong.
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A bank also seems absent from lists of possible buyers, which makes an investment-grade rating harder to achieve and lessens the need for a sale.
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Absent these fundamentals of public health preparedness, no computer model will help us.
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Absent some major decline in demand or some major increase in supply, I don't think anybody is thinking we're going to see $4 gas again.
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Absent serious constitutional error, which we know from this order Sessions isn't going to find, I don't think Sessions has any choice but to sentence Fell to death.
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Absent Rita, we should have seen gas prices continue to fall.
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Absent new developments in credit, the continued synthetic demand, the hedge fund bid, strength in the leveraged loan market, stability in U.S. Treasuries, and credit appetite from Asia will likely continue to support the market overall.
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Absent is a guiding strategy in foreign policy, and we haven't had one for 15 years.
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Absent intervention by the Florida Supreme Court, this would appear to be a terrible blow to the class of sick smokers in Florida.
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Absent having a fuel delivery, we're going to have to look at alternatives as early as Tuesday. We're hopeful that if we partner with some of our friends and colleagues at other community agencies, we will have enough fuel on hand. But if we don't, over the course of this weekend, we will have to make a call.
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Absent bad news, the market wants to go up. There's a lot of money around and a lot of hope around.
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Absent a legend, they have very big shoes to fill. Ted was the differentiator. He was the reason to watch, and the fine line they need to walk is to make a program that stands out from the pack.
absent shoes
Absent a legend, they have very big shoes to fill,
absent billions dent highway minor problems
Absent a double-decker highway costing billions of dollars, there are only minor fixes that we can do to make even a dent in the problems there.
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ABSENT, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another.To men a man is but a mind. Who cares What face he carries or what form he wears? But woman's body is the woman. O, Stay thou, my sweetheart, and do never go, But heed the warning words the sage hath said: A woman absent is a woman dead. --Jogo Tyree
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Absent a dictator, absent the Saddam Hussein regime, our goal would be first to have a single country, not have a country broken up into pieces, it would be to see that it would be a country without weapons of mass destruction, a country that did not try to impose its will upon its neighbors and it was a country that was respectful of the rights of minorities and the ethnic groups that exist in the country, Donald Rumsfeld
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Absent a court decision that voids that or some other last-minute change, we're going to have a much different Air Guard facility here, Dick Durbin
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There was probably a little bit of lack of enthusiasm in some sports. The general public was a little bit absent in providing atmosphere. There are events where attendance has not been maximum. Jacques Rogge
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This is a very pragmatic approach which was completely absent for the last four years. Scott Snyder
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They're an endanger species that has been reintroduced by the DNR (Department of Natural Resources). They were noticeably absent in the state for several decades ... They're coming back nicely.
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We predicted we would only find a significant percentage of clay minerals in sediments toward the end of the Precambrian, when complex life arose, while earlier sediments would have less clay content. This test is easier than it sounds. Because clay minerals make up the bulk of sediment deposited today, we are saying that it should be largely absent in ancient rocks. And this is just what one finds. Martin Kennedy
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Africa is not for the weak-hearted: infrastructure issues are there. The middle class is absent in most of the countries. We have to cater to the low end of the market to grow. Sunil Mittal
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The kinds of roles dogs fill can be hard to come by in human relationships. We touch the dog or the pet at whim. There is a lack of self-consciousness and a fluidity to it that is absent from most human relationships. If someone acted that way to you, you'd feel claustrophobic pretty quickly. It's a boundary violation. Caroline Knapp
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A wide group of Minnesotans have been working on improving results for kids since the early 1990s, ... What we're seeing is the outcome of a long development process of school accountability and improvement that would have happened absent No Child Left Behind and absent Cheri Yecke.
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Reality speaks and it says that, absent Hispanic workers, we could not process chicken.
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Reality speaks, and it says that, absent Hispanic workers, we could not process chicken. There aren't enough native American people who want to work in a chicken plant at any wage. We'd be put out of business.
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Company executives exercise wide discretion over the use of corporate assets for charitable purposes. Absent a system of accountability for charitable contributions, executives may use corporate assets for objectives that are not shared by, and may be inimical to, the interests of a company and its shareholders, potentially harming long-term shareholder value. Steven Milloy
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The students averaged about eight days absent each. That's a lot and it's one of the main challenges of summer school programming. If the kids don't come, they can't learn. However, for the kids that were there, I think it worked out great. They learned a lot.
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The system has always worked out good in the past. Parents of the younger students appreciate the calls that their child is not there, and it brings attention to parents of older students that their child was absent without them knowing.
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The suspiciously absent real money buyers, that were expected to step in and buy as yields backed up, have finally emerged -- supporting our view that we are near a temporary floor.
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The thing that drives retail sales most and best is job availability and the ease of obtaining new jobs. Both of these factors are absent at the present time. It may not be until the end of the year that we see job growth.
absent children diverse given homes numerous private
Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons. John Walsh