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Word: absently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vellucci, who said he had not missed a meeting in his 38 years on the council, said that Sullivan's petition had come up for reconsideration several times in the past month, but had been defeated each time because CCA-backed councillors were absent...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Home Rule Petition Stalled Once Again | 12/12/1989 | See Source »

...deficit, Congress long ago abandoned Pentagon plans to increase defense spending each year. Overdue as Cheney's order may have been, the armed services responded by leaking hastily assembled cut lists, studded with base closings and hard-to-cut weapons systems that are immensely popular on Capitol Hill. Conspicuously absent from the lists were such big-ticket items as the Navy's Seawolf attack submarine, the Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter and the Army's LHX attack helicopter. The Navy flouted the spirit of Malta further by scheduling a test of its Trident II submarine-based ballistic missile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: Going To Meet the Man | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

Myers, meanwhile, left Ithaca Sunday with his left arm in a sling and is questionable for the Dartmouth game. Adjuster Bobby Frame, injured against Army, is still absent from the Harvard depth chart, and back David Haller, who broke his hand against the Cadets, is likely to be out for the season...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Gridders' Machine Isn't Running Right | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

This is the way Nicole wants it: open, easy, absent of mystery. As it happens, she was adopted herself. "I've had lots of love in my life, but lots of questions, medical things, heredity. With open adoption, all these questions will be answered for my daughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: The Baby Chase | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...although marchers stood and chanted outside the homes of several prominent petition signers, Duehay's house was conspicuously absent from their tour...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Race and Politics Mingle In Day School Debate | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

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