Word: absently
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Granted, it didn’t help to be without sophomore center Pat Magnarelli, absent due to a knee injury sustained in the Dartmouth loss weeks earlier. Magnarelli had been quickly becoming Harvard’s go-to-guy in the paint, and losing him was a big blow...
...serious and the humorous, discussing filmic violence and politics while sharing anecdotes about his experiences working with the likes of Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman. When first released, Penn’s films were groundbreaking for their graphic representations of violence and social tensions that had been previously absent in movies, which Penn said was intended to echo the brutal assassinations of prominent leftist individuals, the rebellious youth and counter-cultural movements sweeping the nation, and the hostile oppositional beliefs so prevalent in American society at the time. Penn described a snapshot of the atmosphere of American society...
...emphasis on science and technology in our national discourse has been dangerously absent in the White House, Congress, and the press,” Holt wrote in a statement to his constituents...
...Summers said the scrutiny and media attention could motivate colleges to increase endowment spending, even absent any new laws...
...players in Europe certainly could do without it. Most complain bitterly about CAN's mid-season schedule, which they say seriously disrupts their planning. (European and Latin American continental tournaments are held during the European off-season in the Northern Hemisphere's summer.) Not only are their African stars absent for nearly a month, they also frequently return injured or exhausted - either from play, or from the CAN's unrivaled nocturnal festivities...