11.   Cornel West, who has a joint appointment with the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Studies, has been on medical leave.

12.   Duckworth argued that his poor attendance was due to the medical leave.

13.   Former starter Dan Cody has returned at end after a medical leave last season because of a chemical blood imbalance.

14.   He had been on a medical leave that began in July.

15.   He had been suffering from abdominal cancer and had been on medical leave from the Bills since October.

16.   He is on medical leave from the police department.

17.   He took an eight-week medical leave and did not recover his full strength for six months, he said.

18.   He is on medical leave while being treated for a prostate problem.

19.   He was on medical leave at the time of his death.

20.   Hogan has been on medical leave since the day after the shooting, although the State Police would not say why.