Word: absented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Absent too was any hint of the extent to which Bush loves to root around in the details of his job. (He denies this trait vehemently, thinking it Carteresque.) He reads the papers each morning in bed, clipping and underlining things that catch his eye, and later sends copies to aides for follow-up. On the show, Bush's eyes may have seemed to glaze over when Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter presented him with a copy of the new farm bill, but the President is more able than most politicians to argue the finer points of crop subsidies. There...
...most important of the year. At the quorum call, less than half the council's 89 members were present for the semiannual grants session, when the body is supposed to distribute $35,000 to student groups. In reaction, the executive board will now require written excuses from anyone absent from a meeting...
...ridiculous to force people to go," said representative Caley M. Castelein '93, who said he was absent from Sunday's meeting because he was working on a paper...
...Submitting written statements would be ineffective. [It] seems like a high school thing to do," said council member Andy F. Chao '92, who said he was absent for personal reasons. Chao called the proposal "a good idea in theory, worthless in practicality...
...Club member Rodney J. Taylor '91 said thathe skipped part of the grants session to attend ameeting of his club, which he said would havefined him if he had been absent...