Word: absented
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Because there was little chance the absent father had any means to pay child support, departments decided to focus on middle-class families, where significant money could be recovered, he said...
...decided I wanted to be a ten-year old adult. My father still laughs when he tells the story of how an old friend (exactly my same age, down to the day) came over to play while the rest of the family was absent. I played a recording of Handel's Watermusic and tried to explain to him what I had recently read about the structure of the atom. He never showed up again...
Patel, vice chair of the Campus Life Committee, is the only other woman who may serve on the executive board besides Redmond. As a vice chair, however, she is not allowed a vote unless the chair of her committee is absent...
...although the power suits and slicked hair are noticeably absent, those who apply for the two-year commitment will find that competition for the Corps is fierce...
...complements the comparison and contrast of their characters in the film. Stamp's portrayal is at the same time brutal and pathetic. After being humiliated and beaten, Wilson retaliates against his attackers-however, his extreme violence reverberates as frustrated helplessness, adding a tension to the bloodshed that is often absent from most movies today. Fonda's subtle performance, meanwhile, adds dignity and dimension to the less developed villainous Valentine...