Yet those reforms are much harder to make in the absence of growth.
The presidential statement could be made in the absence of an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, Israeli officials said.
And a person does not have to be relegated to the "racist" category for a lifetime based on errors in judgment made in the absence of knowledge.
"The governor should be given the opportunity to make the decision that he may need to make in the absence of megaphone diplomacy or anyone on the sidelines trying to provide pressure," he said.
"It is my hope that whatever decision process has to be made in the absence of the Congress will be made, and carefully thought through, if we're going to depart from this doctrine," Mr. Warner said.
In the last few days, Western negotiators, by all accounts, have been aggressively pushing both the Macedonian government and the rebels toward a cease-fire, on the theory that political progress can only be made in the absence of fighting.
Curiously, a series of posthumous bronzes signed "Degas" that are legally authentic (because the estate that owns their copyright authorized the casting) but that are effectively copies made in the absence of the artist, sold like hot cakes.
Even when an unpaid search result appears in the top position, 50% of search ad clicks are new, and would not have been made in the absence of the ad.
"This is a very deep harvest cut that's being made in the absence of clear scientific understanding," said Mr. Bull, who added that he hoped future stock assessments would vindicate his home state.
Amnesty International criticised his judgment, saying the 'doubt continues to exist about the safety of convictions based on addmissions made in the absence of a lawyer and subsequently contested by the defendants.' Douglas Hurd, then Home Secretary, questioned Amnesty's impartiality and accused it of damaging its reputation.
Again, this assumption is made in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
