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Ahem. Obama does not have a Kansas accent; he grew up in Honolulu except from ages 6 to 10, when he and his mother lived in Indonesia. His father, though a potent symbol in his childhood, left when Obama was 2. Aside from letters and one visit, he was absent from his son's life. When Obama was 21, his father died in a car accident in Kenya...
...show went on, the movement from recent material towards older pieces was apparent. One key moment occurred during “Moon Palace” when Wareham broke into the high, yowling vocal style that has been conspicuously absent from their post-millennial output. It drew howls of approval from some of the more inebriated members of the crowd...
Yale was the only Ivy League school absent from the conference...
...NOVELIST GENERATING the most buzz at Belgrade's international book fair was notably absent during last week's page peddling. It turns out that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was indicted by the U.N. war-crimes tribunal for genocide in 1995, has used his many years on the run to focus on the gentler art of writing romance novels. The so-called Butcher of Bosnia penned a 416-page bodice ripper titled Miraculous Chronicles of the Night that quickly sold out all 1,200 copies...
...passing totals in the first half, but the Harvard offense will have trouble finding its balance without the aid of Dawson. Opposing defenses have been forced to play honest in the secondary and keep an eye on Dawson, giving Fitzpatrick more time in the pocket. If Dawson is absent, the Lions’ defense will have the luxury to protect more thoroughly against the long ball, something they’ve worked on all season...