In previous accounts of Marley's upbringing, half his life is missing.

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Yet, Akhmed Mohammed says something is missing from his life, or rather some people.

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Even the most brilliant and mesmerizing avatars cannot compensate for what is missing in real life.

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The most important characteristic missing from public life is not emotion.

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The country's environment minister talks fondly of small-island life, particularly its sense of community, which he feels is missing in the bustle of Male.

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The Pleasure Island experience that is now missing in Walt Disney World finds new life on the Dream in the District, an 18-and-over hideaway of five interlocking bars, lounges and nightclubs.

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What's the benefit of education if something much more important is missing - the possibility to have normal, peaceful life.

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Thing is that by not participating, you could be missing a truly life-changing experience.

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Life is slowly returning to a city where nearly 900 people lost their lives, while 200 remain missing.

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Dr Leahy says the absence of personal evidence from Shakespeare's life is curious, to say the least - and that documentation that once appeared to exist has gone missing.

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That's because a lot of core functionality is still missing from the OS, such as the ability to play music files or import real-life contacts, and there's a long way to go if it's to be signed off as "code complete" in October.

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