Just wheel out the much-loved TV characters, and in the ensuing rapture, hope no one notices the material's thinness and the near total absence of jokes.
Not a bad goal from Andrea Belotti in that Torino win, albeit facilitated by the near total absence of an Udinese defence.
And that the near total absence from combat of any relatives of the decision makers in this administration symbolizes that difference between this and past wars?
"The near total absence of merger-and-acquisition activity has left investment bankers a very expensive payroll item," he said, and major staff cutbacks are probably inevitable.
Demonstrators said they were angry about the near total absence of public security, the desperate state of the Egyptian economy and an increase in sectarian tensions.
In the near total absence of competition, adventurous skiers and boarders can pick their lines, racking up the angle of descent as confidence grows.
One of the most striking facts of life in countries without a modern financial system is the near total absence of upward mobility.
The reasons, they say, range from the glut of reality shows that have filled the networks since "Survivor" first exploded in popularity two summers ago to the near total absence of publicity buzz surrounding this edition.
But the epidemic is terrible not merely in its presence, but also in the ignorance that surrounds it and in the near total absence of resources to stem the spread of a disease that does not respect borders.
The near total absence of violence in Ramadi, where some local tribal and religious authorities are thought to have close ties to the insurgency, suggested that someone somewhere had struck a deal.
A year later, dismayed at the near total absence of classical music in the area, she founded the Brattleboro Music Center, modeling it on a little school she had encountered in the Swiss mountains.
