1.   Remsen said the absence of evangelical Christians and their line of scholarship was glaring.

2.   She also said the absence of a felony police record weighed in his favor.

3.   She said the absence of lawyers, and the separation of the accused and accuser, helps root the proceedings in an educational and unintimidating setting.

4.   Sturgeon said the absence of role models, and the lack of interaction with police officers, makes the idea of young people joining the police fanciful.

5.   The company said an absence of serious weather and catastrophe losses in the U.S. boosted its underwriting performance.

6.   The report said the absence of ongoing vaccination and diagnostic programs for animals left Latin America vulnerable to the forms of encephalitis endemic to the region.

7.   Westbrook said the absence of the usual warm-up round, abolished here as a time-saving device in the interests of television scheduling, hurt the veterans.

8.   Other medical examiners said the absence of telltale signs of a bullet or stab wound, or a beating, makes strangulation a more likely cause of death.

9.   Analysts said the absence of widespread fraud charges and violence may have been more important than the actual results.

10.   Chan said their absence from the market and greater activity in the Hang Seng Index Futures market ensured that share trading remained in a tight range.