I'd love to see lower SPENDING levels, and in ABSENCE of lower spending levels, I'd love to see us reallocate where some of that spending is and really ADDRESS the entitlements that CONTINUE growing.

I have my husband and children near me in Rome, and I feel this is where we are temporarily belonging. But PERSONALLY, all my life, I have felt the absence of a SENSE of HISTORY.

Sixteen years as a FREELANCE features journalist TAUGHT me that NEITHER the absence of 'the MUSE' nor the presence of 'the block' should be allowed to hinder the orderly progress of a BOOK.

I've been FASCINATED by the IDEA that EVIL is the ABSENCE of EMPATHY.

The YOUTH of Punjab is directionless in the absence of job opportunities which DRAG them DEEP into the DRUG net.

I had TAKEN TIME off from 'F.I.R.' for THREE MONTHS. But its makers didn't like my ABSENCE.

You don't REALIZE how much a dog's PRESENCE DEFINES the contours of your home until, in its ABSENCE, the WALLS seem to relocate themselves.

The ABSENCE of FLAW in BEAUTY is itself a flaw.