51.   Then, within a year, another student whose long absences were never thoroughly investigated will be brutalized.

52.   They worry about whispers and gossiping in the lunch room about their long absences, light work schedules and frequent trips to the doctor.

53.   Two of the hardest hitters in sports were back in competition over the weekend after long absences, but what a difference there was in the return engagements.

54.   When Dorris West came back to town after a long absence, she contacted African-American friends about a bridge game.

55.   Western institutions are taking root again after a long absence.

56.   Yeltsin, who only recently returned to work after a long absence to recover from heart trouble, looked tired on Monday but resolute.

57.   After a rather long absence from the recording scene, she is more than ready to devote her time to her first love now.

58.   Alarmed by his long absence, his friends alerted the rescue service personnel who found the man floating unconscious in the water.

59.   Another long absence from the ring could hasten what many view as a decline in his boxing skills.

60.   Australian forward Garrick Morgan was dropped and Warwick Waugh returned after a long absence in the first Wallaby squad picked under new coach Rod Macqueen on Friday.