Word: absents
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...Absent an economic miracle, it's possible Japan's political landscape will change dramatically in the next several months. The LDP has been Japan's ruling party for most of the past 50 years. But if deteriorating conditions force Aso to dissolve the Diet's lower house soon, an exasperated Japanese electorate could hand the DPJ enough seats in a general election to take control of the Diet and choose a new Prime Minister. Aso may not survive as the nation's chief long enough to suffer that humiliation, though. "There's no optimistic short-term scenario for Japan," says...
...lesser reporter than Steavenson (a former TIME colleague) would have found the task of building a story around an absent protagonist too daunting. The book examines the darkness at the heart of Saddam's Iraq: the ever-present fear and the collaboration with evil it engendered...
...estimated 1.7 million people, the first of its reviled leaders faced genocide charges before a U.N.-backed tribunal Feb. 17. Kaing Guek Eav, 66, known as Duch, ran Phnom Penh's infamous Tuol Sleng prison camp, where thousands perished. Four other aged defendants will face charges after Duch; absent is Khmer Rouge mastermind Pol Pot, who died in his jungle redoubt...
...nascent days, the movement's leader, Pol Pot, had grown to admire the way the tribes on the outskirts of Cambodia's jungles lived, free of Buddhism, money or education, and now he wanted to foist the same philosophy on the entire nation. Pol Pot envisioned a Cambodia absent of any social institutions like banks or religions or any modern technology. He sought to triple agricultural production in a year, absent the manpower or means necessary. On a visit to China in 1975, two Khmer Rouge members bragged they would "be the first nation to create a completely Communist society...
...board in the first period with a goal 17:18 into the game. Sophomore Katharine Chute fired a shot that Sass deflected to the right side of the net. Brine sent the rebound top shelf over Sass’ shoulder, giving Harvard an early 1-0 lead. Conspicuously absent from the scoring sheet was tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt, but not for lack of effort. Vaillancourt took 10 shots, but after a stretch in which she had a hand in 18 of the Crimson’s 19 goals, it was time for Harvard’s other stars to shine...