The result was a jury devoid of white men, an issue that lawyers for the man convicted, Thomas E. Blanton Jr., will make part of his appeal.
Republicans watching on television have criticised the Philadelphia convention for ignoring pressing safety issues, in a stadium devoid of the usual flags that tend to dominate US political sets.
It has become a whipped-dog subject, virtually devoid of manifestos, heavy on irony and bottom-line issues.
As one of the "zero" husbands, I need to take issue with single mothers espousing (pun intended) a lifestyle devoid of fathers for their children.
But it is not an evil devoid of context.
But until now it was an honor devoid of responsibility.
Background was measured in an ROI devoid of fluorescent cells.
Overall, the issue is happily devoid of many of the ditzier features that have crept into business magazines in recent years -- no pointless lists of the best this or the worst that -- and, mercifully, no attempt to get you, the reader, to start blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, linking or job hunting right now!
The overall impression, which I reported to the Council on Dec. 19 and which remains after some weeks of examination of the Declaration (Iraq's declaration of weapon programs on Dec. 7), is that it is rich in volume but poor in new information about weapons issues and practically devoid of new evidence on such issues.
We all agree, in the abstract, that a life devoid of struggle is a life devoid of growth.
THE danger, Mr. Wellstone said, is if "the sense of betrayal is translated into a politics of bitterness, devoid of issues".
