That passion was missing at the Cell this week as the Sox began August in the same drab funk that dogged them through the season's first four months.
If a certain passion was missing from an otherwise impeccable performance, Mr. Morrison, with his sleek Guy Madison looks and cool self-assurance, came across as a talent of formidable versatility and intelligence.
But, like Dukakis, passion was missing in the president, and this omission keeps all from seeing, feeling.
The combination of passion and tedium is missing.
However, for all its greater accessibility, it's also underwhelming, perhaps because some of the passion that defined their earlier ventures is missing.
The early and final moments of "Groundhog Day" offer something that is missing during this period of peace: passion.
The name you choose to give this something-more that is missing is passion..
Rangers showed the passion that was missing during their midweek defeat by Hearts as they ended a run of three defeats against last season's top three teams in front of a noisy 50,003 crowd.
Again, avoiding spoilers, let's say that there are a number of scenes in the second volume in which Joe gets beaten bloody, always as a consequence of her sadly inextirpable feelings of love, and von Trier films those scenes with a verve, an excitement, a passion that's missing from the rest of the movie.
The problem with this lifestyle is that if you are waiting for evenings and weekends to live your life and pursue your passions, you are missing out on tens of thousands of hours of living over the course of your lifetime.
