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...Absent from the proceedings was the former East German leader. Charged with issuing illegal shoot-to-kill orders to border guards, Honecker has avoided arrest by taking refuge in a military hospital outside Berlin. Several other former leaders are also under investigation, but most of them are elderly or ailing. With public resentment fading in the euphoria of German unity, Tisch could end up being the only one to face trial...
Unless you count Walter F. Mondale's "I will raise your taxes" speech at the 1984 Democratic convention, that was the last genuine attempt to impose discipline on a nation of spoiled brats. Absent a major war, there seemed no way to get people to see past their narrow self interests...
...ABSENT FRIENDS. Mary-Louise Parker, who made last year's most stunning Broadway debut as a seductively slow-spoken ingenue in Prelude to a Kiss, heads the off-Broadway cast of Alan Ayckbourn's dark comedy about suicide and fatal illness...
...echoing of huzzahs was absent from the hallway after the roller-coaster-like game that had seen the crowd rise in rousing cheer when the home team tied the score with five seconds remaining in regulation time. In spite of the deflating outcome, each team member proved himself a model of exemplary behavior, exiting the arena dressed in coat and tie. Assistant Coach Kevin Hampe, a two-sport captain and Harvard's 1973 Male Athlete of the Year, warmly penned his name alongside his photo in the game program. One by one, the well-spoken (and soft-spoken) players kindly...
...other hand, Tarik Campbell was noticeably absent from the lineup at the game's end. The sophomore guard has been horrendous from the free throw line, connecting on only 37 percent (20-for-53) of his foul shot attempts...