For a jury to convict in this case, its members had to understand that the absence of a yes was a violation of consent, as Kevin Steele, the Montgomery County district attorney, asserted in the prosecution's opening statement.
No pressure was asserted in the recruitment or in the interview process.
"As a lawyer, she knows better than to assert conclusions in the absence of evidence.
Ryngaert asserts that in the absence of participation by a non-state actor, if a "legal norm or its implementation has in itself an important substantive value", participation is not necessary (Ryngaert 2010, 71).
Stephen Jay Gould discusses this curiosity of history in his book Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes, asserting that in the absence of maintained roads, camels required less manpower and water than a cart pulled by oxen.
Paul Collier, an Oxford professor, has asserted that democracy in the absence of other desirables, like the rule of law, can hobble a country's progress.
Entertainment Weekly noted that McAdams "uses her sexy billboard smile and emphatic delivery to nail a certain type of troublemaker boss who embeds her aggression in pert 'sincerity.'" Variety asserted that "even in the absence of stellar material, the leads remain compulsively watchable".
Was this the odor of friendship, asserting itself mysteriously in the absence of the man, and in the presence of solitude?
Russian officials assert that the absence of legally binding limits creates uncertainty about the offense-defense relationship.
A study on sterility rumors in Africa asserted that in absence of the truth, rumors acquire credibility[ 25].
