Even without the absence from the market of Libyan petroleum, the situation seems dire.
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And because of high rates of attrition (casualties and retirement, but mainly protracted absence without leave), just maintaining those numbers requires constant effort.
Reihana's absence left Northampton without a recognised goalkicker - he is unlikely to resume goalkicking against Biarritz because of a problem with his hamstring tendon - and his replacement, Carlos Spencer, has been frustratingly erratic.
Johnson's absence would leave Brooklyn without one of its most reliable scorers against the defensive-minded Bulls.
Unless 41 Senators object to taking such a momentous step during a lame-duck session, without serious debate and in the absence of powerful evidence of its inadvisability, Congress will surely destroy the all-volunteer military.
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Senator JIM WEBB (Democrat, Virginia): I asked, is it the position of this administration that it possesses the authority to take unilateral action against Iran in the absence of a direct threat without congressional approval.
It goes without saying that in the absence of a genuine end to Syrian sponsorship of terrorism and the drug-trade such a step would represent a new and potentially quite dangerous corruption of the standards by which the United States maintains relations with foreign governments.
Without knowing what would have happened in the absence of Bain's intervention, one can only guess.
The Faculty of Advocates and Law Society of Scotland warned that lawyers would struggle, or even refuse, to represent an accused without instruction where the trial proceeded in their absence before all evidence had been heard.
Other critics, such as Noel Williams, an adviser on strategy to the marine corps, point to the risk of escalation because of the dependence on deep strike against Chinese targets on land and to the absence of ideas about what happens without ground forces once a strike is made.
Libya's new rulers could not have succeeded without NATO's bombers, but the absence of Western ground troops and of proconsuls telling the locals what to do has been in salutary contrast to what happened in Iraq eight years ago, where democracy was crudely imposed on an unprepared people (see Lexington).
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Rivers said he was aware of some of his team's shortcomings, with the absence of Rajon Rondo leaving the Celtics without a point guard.
But without infusion of their considerable resources and in the absence of state financing or general sales taxes, what is the best way to finance a new facility in Sacramento?
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The spectrum of tastes and textures in these elegant miniatures was so complete that without being told, I might not have noticed the absence of anything bovine.
Despite fears about the fate of the company without Steve Jobs, who took a medical leave of absence to concentrate on his health in January, Apple products continue to dominate the markets.
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Harmison's absence means England will go into the third Test without five members of last summer's victorious Ashes side.
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This is a paid leave of absence that allows Xerox employees the opportunity to make a difference without sacrificing their livelihoods.
They are without Andre Nel, who is recovering from knee surgery, and his absence has given Tsotsobe his his first chance at senior international level.
The schools write to parents before any fines are issued, however, in the case of absence because of a holiday, the fine can be issued without a letter.
Ezra Klein has a good explanation of how the Republicans managed to get the vote through without a quorum that the AWOL senate Democrats had been preventing with their absence.
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Each of the presenters discussed the startling statistics around father absence, including the fact that roughly 24 million children live without their biological fathers in their lives (this is more than 1 in 3 children).
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Without a binding manifesto, it distinguishes itself from other parties by the absence of a party whip, which it claims reduces the House of Commons to a "talking shop" that accepts the government's proposals with little scrutiny.
The IMF's view, broadly speaking, is that without excessive risk-taking by financial institutions, which was aided by the absence of regulation, imbalances would not by themselves have caused the meltdown.
"With an absence of Syrian productions, Egyptian productions have found themselves standing tall without any competition, which resulted in an increase in both quantity and quality, " said Mahmud Dallal, a lecturer at Cairo University's theatre studies department.
Issuing fines is one of the last resorts for schools to deal with absence problems, including parents who take their child on holiday during term time without permission from the school.
With an absence of grabby color, several different patterned rugs could be layered on the floor without the risk of it looking chaotic.
Australia will be without injured captain Ricky Ponting for the final Test, so Michael Clarke will lead the team in his absence.
Standard economic models predict that in the absence of clearly defined property rights, such common resources will be overexploited, with individuals acting without regard for the effects of their actions on the overall pool.
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