Speculation about what the jobs data would mean for the Federal Reserve was noticeably absent this month.
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It also wouldn't cost taxpayers anything because it only forgoes future government revenues that wouldn't exist absent this incentive.
But numerous academic studies have shown that this policy promotes societal good because absent this incentive, firms would under-invest in basic research.
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Absent this wider debate, the row over RBS appears to be little more than a diversionary tactic to shift blame for the failure of the U.K.'s economic strategy.
No due diligence in the acquisition of a Compaq or an Autonomy can ultimately serve the shareholders absent this very basic sense of what the company is all about.
Absent this principle, Obama birthed an ad hoc mess.
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Largely absent this season were the bohemian and disco-era 1960s and '70s that seemed to have a permanent place on the runways, said Jennifer Wheeler, vice president of designer apparel for Nordstrom.
The U.S. already has one of the most progressive tax systems in the world, so absent this red herring question about income inequality, taxing the wealthy would be an even tougher case to make.
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The world's top eight players have been divided into two groups for this tournament, with the top two from each progressing to the semi-finals, although world number three Serena Williams and number five Venus Williams are absent this year through injury.
While certainty and speed are absent from this debate, there is some sort of momentum.
America has so far been absent from this encounter, costing us dearly in terms of strategic position.
Given the grisly results, I'm sure that trust and respect was utterly absent from this early alliance.
Rowland was absent from this weekend's shows due to illness, and replaced by former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke.
That means the controversy about using stem cells derived from human embryos is largely absent from this line of research.
As I noted, the fervor that used to animate Republicans when it came to tax cuts was absent in this process.
Absent from this definition are any of the characteristics previously required for a Native American tribe to be recognized as such.
His big selling point to investors: Bureaucratic interference, which tends to stall Indian public works, will be conspicuously absent from this project.
One despot engaged in a frontal assault on democracy is curiously absent from this list, however -- the rapacious Serbian communist Slobodan Milosevic.
Although it was the issue dominating the final hours of negotiating the 2006 CBA, it has been largely absent from this round of negotiations.
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But the Russian people and any sense of what it felt like to live through the tumultuous times he describes are largely absent from this book.
And that has just been absent with this current administration.
With Mr Khamenei having sided so decisively with Mr Ahmadinejad (who has been notably absent in this whole affair), two of the most powerful figures in Iran now appear set against each other.
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Curiously absent from this scenario was the fact that the players wear full uniforms with pads and protection, play a game under a time clock, out in the open, in front of family and fans.
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Noticeably absent from the list this week is two Olympic titles like the Opening Ceremonies and a Michael Phelps special, that are only available on DVD.
But absent a replacement, this would leave the U.S. without a coherent bankruptcy proceeding for megabanks, and even more incentive to bail out large institutions that fail.
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Absent until now, this complete picture of groundwater resources in the country will provide national and local authorities the tools to identify accurately and manage sustainably this precious resource.
Largely absent in all of this discussion, but on the minds of many, is fixing the balance sheet of the households who are at the heart of the mortgage crisis.
It could have been so much worse for Sunderland in a first half totally dominated by a Liverpool team oozing with the confidence that had been so starkly absent for much of this season.
This almost absent-minded gorging had serious mental consequences.
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