Word: absently
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...press report of 1618. Under the title, "News from Perin [Penrhyn], in Cornwall, of a most Bloody and unexampled Murther," the 17th-Century British reporter told how a father and step-mother killed and robbed their rich overnight guest, then discovered that the dead man was their long absent...
...Freshman or Sophomore in good standing but not on the Dean's List who is absent from his last college exercise before or his first college exercise after the Christmas recess will be subject to disciplinary action...
Though effective in spots, the play of the Stahlmen was generally of the upper bracket high school variety; fast breaks, sharp passes, and accurate shooting were entirely absent. The only elements even resembling Grade A basketball were the work of Lew Desci as pivot man and John Gantt's smooth one hand push shooting from the corners...
...will all these price increases be absorbed by the middleman; some of them will be passed on to the consumer. Even if retail prices are increased, OPA argues, the consumers will still save money. They will be able to buy cheap articles now absent from the market...
...this hallooing was touched off by a trim, glib Manhattanite, Alfred D. McKelvy, a former longshoreman, clerk, gold prospector (he panned $87 worth of gold in six months) and adman. McKelvy got his idea in 1939 while sharing the apartment of a lady friend (absent) with another man. The roommate rummaged through cosmetics he found, just for fun gave himself the works-including a bubble bath and a cologne rubdown. He enjoyed it so much that McKelvy thought: "Why wouldn't other...