"Instead of being contrite, the leader was contemptuous," she said, adding, "I wouldn't have done this absent his inappropriate behavior".
In a brief given to the court, Apple's lawyers said forcing Apple do this, "absent clear legal authority to do so," would tarnish their brand.
This absent something arrives in the form of Francis Drake, a young man only recently returned from the battlefields of France.
Even so, this absent picture, owing to the long shadow it has cast in its persistent questioning of the nature and purpose of art, is perhaps the most dominant presence in the entire show.
That afternoon, she must have mentioned that she was without a phone a dozen times, occasionally patting her pockets as if this absent part of herself might suddenly materialize.
A lifelong fascination with this absent figure, whose company, Gillett & Johnston, supplied bells and carillons to churches and cathedrals all over the world, motivated her to write "England's Child: The Carillon and the Casting of Big Bells" (2008), a biography of her father and a history of bell making.
We determined the effect of this absent bladder on kidneys development, particularly whether dysplasia was evident.
To examine whether this absent benefit reflected a suppressive effect of emotionality on associations of minor task relevance, in Study 2 we manipulated the relevance of the picture-frame color association by combining it with information about monetary reward, following otherwise comparable procedures.
This absent hardcore archive is felt by historians.
(My own attempts to get the media to focus on this, absent an act of violence, have been abysmal).
This absent foreign policy is even more disconcerting when we consider the risk it poses for both our national security and economic recovery.
