Its birthrate dwindles because women don't want to raise children in a society where husbands are forced by corporate loyalties to be absentee parents.
As a rule, the planter class of the Carolinas did not have the same long tradition of responsible government as did the ruling oligarchies of Virginia and Maryland, and, as a consequence, they tended to be absentee landlords and governors, often passing much of their time in Charleston, away from their plantations and their political responsibilities.
In Michigan, a record 18percentt of votes are expected to be absentee, said Christopher Thomas, state elections director, and, in Illinois, demand for absentee ballots was "definitely heavier" than in 1998 or 1996, said Ronald Michaelson, executive director of the state elections board.
The residents won't be employees of the Swedish big-box multinational, but all of the land, homes, offices, and commercial spaces will be owned by Ikea, and, this being Ikea, they're not going to be absentee landlords.
The residents won't be employees of the Swedish big-box multinational, but all of the land, homes, offices and commercial spaces will be owned by Ikea, and, this being Ikea, they're not going to be absentee landlords.
"I don't want to be an absentee landlord," he said.
I have young children and I didn't want to be an absentee father to them".
Hank, who is divorced and has four children, does not intend to be an absentee owner.
In an interview, Mr. Rivera said, "I didn't want to be an absentee landlord".
And with C. C. and I divorcing and us leaving Monmouth County, I just didn't want to be an absentee landlord".
In addition to one-time requests for mail-in ballots, the state permits voters to be sent absentee ballots automatically before each election; that distribution list includes about a third of the state's voters.
