Haunted by tragedy, stalked by absence, competitive with the dead, yearning for restoration, they experience life as elsewhere.
Every presence in this stark, eroded setting is created by absence, by missing earth and water, by the missingness of plants and people.
Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths.
Moody's, another rating agency, says it was less worried by the absence of covenants last year than by the more aggressive use of borrowed money (in particular, bank debt) in private-equity deals.
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.
Diouf's name is conspicuous by its absence from the 23-man list released by African football's governing authority on Wednesday.
City's defence was already weakened by the absence of Joleon Lescott and Wayne Bridge, and it was further diminished by the loss of Micah Richards, due to an ankle injury sustained in the build-up to Mensah's goal.
Rangers - and manager Warnock in particular - were incensed by the absence of an offside flag but replays suggested it had just about been the correct decision by the referee's assistant to allow play to continue.
Unemployment is not caused by an absence of avenues for the creation of wealth.
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They had to work in a primitive kitchen darkened by the absence of reliable electricity.
The situation is made even more complicated by the absence of a functioning Constitutional Court.
America's immigration wars are expanding into the vacuum caused by the absence of a federal policy.
But so far Russian companies (except for Lukoil) have been notable by their absence.
Because you're not lighting the actors in color films, some attention is drawn away by that absence.
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Thus the total demographic effect of aging is attenuated by the absence of female workers in the older cohorts.
After all, she might have returned and was perhaps resting, puzzled by his absence, maybe even worried about him.
Mr. Vajpayee, conspicuous by his absence that day, describes the incident as "unfortunate" but stops short of going any further.
For the vast majority of this presidential election campaign, the phrase "climate change" has been marked only by its absence.
My recollection is that plaza was a pretty exposed, arid place, distinguished by an absence of trees, not their luster.
One topic noticeable by its absence from Sunday's debate was immigration, the issue most likely to get Republican activists riled.
When Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, called Mrs Albright's bluff, Mr Clinton's support for her was conspicuous by its absence.
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Wiggins' 2012 challenge was aided by the absence of two cycling superstars.
Seeing entries for Monopoly, Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit (three Parker Brothers' board games), I was immediately struck by the absence of chess and backgammon.
Even so, his case has undoubtedly been helped by the absence through injury of fellow strikers Wayne Rooney, Darren Bent, Jermain Defoe and Bobby Zamora.
Noticeable by their absence from the list are U2 and Craig David and there is also no room for any folk, jazz or classical albums.
But Gatland says no-one should be fooled by the absence of global stars such as Victor Matfield, Schalk Burger and Bryan Habana from the visitors' line-up.
It had history and home-field advantage on its side, while Chelsea was hamstrung by the absence of four key players, including captain John Terry, through suspension.
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When she favoured the cheapest of three suggested menus, British diplomats warned that delicacies like shark's fin and sea slugs "would be conspicuous by their absence".
With light and power sorted, the next challenge would be protecting green houses from cosmic radiation, micro-meteorites and other dangers presented by the absence of an atmosphere.
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