Word: absently
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...dealer Glen Parshall feels government should do little more than "protect the country's territory." The Constitution defines a much broader role for government, including the protection of our freedoms of speech, religion and assembly. I am sure Parshall understands that, absent that seminal document, which is the foundation of our government, our country might have become a dictatorship - a form of government I'm certain he would find more odious than our constitutional republic seems to be to so many Libertarians. Gary Nelson, Martinsburg, Pennsylvania
...With Ebert absent for the past two years, Roeper and an array of guest critics - from the Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips to the New York Times' A.O. Scott - have kept the weekly show going. But last summer Ebert and Disney found themselves embroiled in a very public fight in negotiations over Ebert's contract. Disney issued a press release in August 2007 saying it would no longer use the "thumbs-up/thumbs-down" trademark in the show because Ebert told the company he wouldn't allow it during a contract renegotiation...
...Started in 1958 and shot over three years, then absent from public view until the UCLA Film Archive restored it, The Exiles is now finally in theaters, thanks to Milestone Films. This is the company that last year resurrected Charles Burnett's magnificent Killer of Sheep. (Burnett is a co-presenter of The Exiles, with Native American novelist and filmmaker Sherman Alexie.) Mackenzie's dramatized documentary film isn't quite in the Killer of Sheep class, but it's an acute, great-looking, doggedly noncommittal view of a culture just one step up from the lower depths: Native Americans...
...fired up for the evening rush. But Kabul Fried Chicken has little in common with the U.S. chain whose initials it copied: The chairs are a little too high for the tables, and the delights depicted in photographs mounted on the walls - big milkshakes, braised ribs, lattes - are conspicuously absent from the menu. The fare on offer is more egalitarian. Kebabs, pizza and, of course, fried chicken...
...Over at Mirwais' store, even the staff seem to believe they're actually affiliated with the real KFC, and when Mirwais is absent, one employee explains in detail an arrangement with KFC corporate that includes a five-year contract period, stipulations about naming rights, and training trips to Dubai - all of which Mirwais summarily dismisses. Nor have the authorities raised intellectual property concerns with the various local KFC imitators; officials from various arms of government are more likely to come looking for bribes...