In its absence, half-brothers Michel and Bruno, one an arch rationalist, the other a compulsive dreamer, abandoned in childhood (as was the author) by their hippy parents, find different ways to destroy themselves over desire.
But in the absence of half the performers and under conditions of panic and fear, another kind of music emerges: jittery, subject to sudden changes of mood.
The programme rested on the unlikely premise that an ineffectual South Vietnamese government could somehow struggle on in the absence of half a million American soldiers when it had barely survived with their help.
T cell blasts were subsequently co-cultured with A431 cells in the presence or absence of Half DVD-Ig for 4 6 h to allow for immune synapse to form.
Zeitgeist received mixed reviews, with much of the criticism targeted at the absence of half of the original lineup.
Reflecting Absence occupies half of the 16 acres World Trade Center site and consists of two enormous pools set in the footprints of the Twin Towers.
It was announced that he would spend the remaining year of his contract on a leave of absence at half pay.
Gatiss observed that Conan Doyle's weariness with the character is demonstrated by Holmes' absence for half of The Hound of the Baskervilles, in which Doctor Watson's role is foregrounded.
The electrophysiological data indicated that the absence of half of the dopaminergic neurons within the SNpc provoked a major impairment in the sleep-wake parameters.
In the absence of half-pipe's undisputed king, Shaun White, Switzerland's Mr Podladtchikov was also expected to do well.
If anyone had extra reason to be pleased in their camp it was Mike Cron, their scrum coach, who saw his tight forwards keep their noses to the grindstone even in the absence after half-time (with a strained hamstring) of Tony Woodcock, one of his country's four centurions.
