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Word: absently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Absent from last night's meet was freshman standout Jenny Meyer, who came down with the flu over the weekend. In addition, Quinn strained her shoulder in the first relay and skipped the rest of the meet...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Back in Blodgett's Fast Lane | 11/25/1986 | See Source »

...civilization." Courses would include, "The Role of Imperialism in Fostering World Development," "The Drawbacks of Affirmative Action" and "'The White Man's Burden:' European Literature as a Force for World Salvation." The reading list for the concentration would include works by Kipling, Cecil Rhodes and Winston Churchill. Notably absent would be anything by Gandhi, Martin Luther King or Leopold Senghor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Studies | 11/25/1986 | See Source »

...underscore this, Markey pretended to address the absent Sununu by speaking to an empty chair, saying he expected within two weeks answers to questions about the governor's tactics in trying to secure Seabrook's license...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Massachusetts Representatives Assail NRC | 11/19/1986 | See Source »

Defense lawyers say the pad contains no such recipe for killing but just "writing on a piece of paper." They say Levin was facing grand-theft charges for receiving stolen goods, and is probably not dead at all. Says Defense Attorney Arthur Barens: "Mr. Levin has ample reason to absent himself from the proceedings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Boys :Investors who went for broke | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

...chance of a breakthrough dimmed the moment the Soviet team arrived in Vienna. Shevardnadze was not accompanied by the full delegation that had negotiated deep into the night in Iceland. Most conspicuously absent: Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev, Soviet Chief of Staff and leader of the Reykjavik arms- control team. The first meeting between Shultz and Shevardnadze lasted three hours. From the beginning, the Soviets made it clear that they were not interested in the U.S. goal of defining some areas of agreement, perhaps including the reduction of intermediate-range nuclear weapons, or disagreement. Instead, Soviet negotiators hammered away at just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy an Aftertaste of Regret | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

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