But in the absence of common sense, names like Donald Fehr and George Steinbrenner have emerged as dream candidates.
One flaw in the free-trade zone approach is the absence of common external tariffs.
It features bursts of violence, flickers of nudity and a total absence of common sense.
The way to make "Ernani" work is to take it seriously, and given the story's significant absence of common sense, patience is required.
A tension seems certain to persist between a common currency and the absence of common fiscal and other policies to support it.
It is an absence of common sense in some boardrooms, and in particular some banks, that has caused so much difficulty".
Furthermore, in our increasingly diverse society, in the absence of common texts like the Bible, children's books (and, to be fair, movies and television series) are what young people share in common.
"Geographical Europe," wrote Norman Davies in "Europe: A History," "has always had to compete with notions of Europe as a cultural community, and in the absence of common political structures, European civilization could only be determined by cultural criteria".
The resolution says: "The absence of common international standards on the import, export and transfer of conventional arms is a contributory factor to conflict, displacement of people, crime and terrorism".
Our leader argues that in the absence of common sense in Washington, more power over immigration policy should be delegated to the states.
To train youth first in logic in the absence of common sense is to teach them to make judgments before they have the knowledge necessary to do so.
