21.   It contains a nice little twist at the end, but the biggest curveball the movie throws its audience has to do with its complete absence of gore.

22.   Kornhauser said the ale is selling well despite the almost complete absence of advertising.

23.   Mr. Bork decries the complete absence of limits to personal gratification.

24.   Next, the Lawn Chair Hurdles, which require little physical prowess and a complete absence of training.

25.   Other problems include characters whose shared chief feature is bland self-satisfaction and the almost complete absence of narrative drive or, indeed, of dramatic structure.

26.   Prodigies all go about their business with a complete absence of fear and contempt for patience.

27.   Prosecutors had his confession in hand, which made the complete absence of other evidence a matter of little worry.

28.   Selzer was equally relaxed about the complete absence of his supporters.

29.   Shops and restaurants were shuttered and the almost complete absence of taxis and other vehicles made the normally jammed streets eerily calm.

30.   So does the complete absence of panaceas in this painful tale.