In 490 the reason for Spartan nonappearance at Marathon was a religious scruple: the Spartans had to wait until the Moon was full, probably because this was the sacred month of a festival.
Then, there's the voice; like Bacall, Veronica Lake, and Jessica Rabbit before her, Johansson appears to speak to us through a stream of invisible smoke, and her seductive nonappearance as Samantha, in "Her," showed how much body survives in the disembodied.
But while Mr. Gallo is a onetime habitu f the downtown New York art world, it is unclear if he thinks of his nonappearance as part of the project.
But while Mr. Gallo is a onetime habitué of the downtown New York art world, it is unclear if he thinks of his nonappearance as part of the project.
The Chargers were widely considered one of the most dangerous teams in the N.F.L. before the season, but they could not recover from their annual slow start, and Norv Turner, who has survived repeated early playoff exits, may not survive a nonappearance.
There's the obvious stuff: 9.6 percent unemployment last month, the nonappearance of a promised "buying power presidency," and a sense among a meaningful slice of voters that French specificity is drowning in a globalized world.
It's a measure of how much fun the rest of the ocean safari was that the nonappearance of the most fearsome creature on the planet wasn't much of a downer.
And now he has released "Sorry," which was viewed approximately twenty million times in its first forty-eight hours, despite — or perhaps because of — his nonappearance.
To guard against empty-seat sightings, the Garden urges season-ticket holders to call the arena to declare their nonappearance, so the seats can be used by the Garden's Cheering for Children charity.
As the 90-year-old maestro might have said but didn't in his truth-enhancing public explanation for the nonappearance: "this accursed festival".
