This is the primary function of the imagination operating in the absence of the original experiential stimulus by which the images were first appropriated.

Whose absence dearer comfort is, by far, Than presences of other women are ''!!

The trouble with this machinery is that it is not used and the reason that it is not used is the absence of a conscious sense of community among the free nations.

If we sit here reading editorials and looking at public-opinion polls and other reports that cross our desks, we should realize that this is raw, undigested opinion expressed in the absence of leadership.

The possibility that the absence or presence of these shunts is species-dependent is therefore inferred.

Interestingly enough, the effect of the digitalis glycosides is inhibited by a high concentration of potassium in the incubation medium and is enhanced by the absence of potassium ( Wolff, 1960 ).

In the absence of additions to the homogenate, the product formed is an iodinated particulate protein ( Fawcett and Kirkwood, 1953 ; ;

In the absence of a reservoir of political consensus each organized political group hopes that the elections will give them new prominence, but in a system where there is as yet no place for the less prominent.

For expository purposes, this is best treated as a model which spells out the conditions under which an important industry affected with the public interest would find it profitable to raise wages even in the absence of union pressures for higher wages.

Psychical blindness is a condition in which there is a total absence of visual memory-images, a condition in which, for example, one is unable to remember something just seen or to conjure up a memory-picture of the visible appearance of a well-known friend in his absence.

Therefore, if the sense of touch is functioning normally and there is a complete absence of spatial awareness in a psychically-blind person when the eyes are closed and an object is handled, the conclusion seems unavoidable that touch by itself cannot focus and take possession of the third-dimensionality of things and that actual sight or visual representations are necessary.

so that the absence of the hymen is by no means positive proof that a girl has had sex relations.

my point is that where conflicts arise they must always be resolved in favor of achieving the indispensable condition for a tolerant world -- the absence of Soviet Communist power.

In the absence of other evidence to show the origin of these curious relics of antiquity the occurrence of a name known as Basilidian on patristic authority has not unnaturally been taken as a sufficient mark of origin, and the early collectors and critics assumed this whole group to be the work of Gnostics.

It is possible that an initially mild attraction to Weightman assumed increasing importance to Anne over time, in the absence of other opportunities for love, marriage, and children.

In the absence of other information, the axis of rotation is assumed to be normal to the mean orbital plane ; Mercury and most of the satellites are in this category.

In the absence of any symbol radians are assumed, and when degrees are meant the symbol ° is used.

Mendes asked Hall to prepare the shot in his absence ; Hall assumed the characters would look for privacy, so he placed them in a narrow passage between a truck and the building, intending to light from the top of the truck.

In the absence of the forensic findings of 1560, it was often assumed that a simple accident could not be the explanation — on the basis of near-contemporary tales that Amy Dudley was found at the bottom of a short flight of stairs with a broken neck, her headdress still standing undisturbed " upon her head ", a detail that first appeared as a satirical remark in the libel Leicester's Commonwealth of 1584 and has ever since been repeated for a fact.

That is, if a professor of mathematics makes a statement about numbers, it will be assumed to be true in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

" Most Westerners had absolutely no idea what the Turks and Muslims looked like, and they assumed that an absence of Christianity must coincide with repulsive physical attributes.

Instead, he was made sheriff of Cork in August 1583, and then assumed the government of Munster in the absence of Sir John Norris.

On two occasions since 1999, the Deputy First Minister has assumed the role of ' Acting ' First Minister, inheriting the powers of the First Minister in their absence or incapacitation.

We have implicitly assumed that the investor's cost of borrowing money is the same as that of the firm, which need not be true in the presence of asymmetric information, in the absence of efficient markets, or if the investor has a different risk profile to the firm.

The details of the Mahavamsa account cannot readily be verified ; while it is generally regarded by Western scholars as having been embellished with legendary events ( such as the hiding of Buddhaghosa's text by the gods ), in the absence of contradictory evidence it is assumed to be generally accurate.

While the Doctor did become President in The Deadly Assassin, assumed the role in The Invasion of Time and was appointed once again as President in The Five Doctors, by the time of his sixth incarnation's trial in The Trial of a Time Lord he had been removed from office due to his absence.

Originally, the Adrianichthyidae were included in the Cyprinidontiformes and assumed to be closely related to the killifish, but a closer relationship to the beloniforms is indicated by various characteristics including the absence of the interhyal, resulting in the upper jaw being fixed or nonprotrusible.

Schley had assumed control in Sampson's absence and Brooklyn was his flagship and placed on the extreme Western side of the American crescent.

The governor's council, dominated by Dudley's political opponents, at that point asserted its authority, and on 14 February 1715, assumed control of the government under the provisions of the provincial charter concerning governance in the absence of the governor and his lieutenant.

In the absence of any texts, it has to be assumed that it was only used at the time of Trajan.

On the homeward journey, he died at Trapani in Sicily, and was succeeded by his brother, Henry I of Navarre, who had already assumed the reins of government during his absence, but reigned only three years ( 1271 – 74 ).

At the same time, the 7th New York Infantry arrived and Butler assumed command of the entire force ; his military career would be characterized by his eagerness to assume authority in the absence of official instructions.

The absence of inner retinal cells from the foveae of primates is assumed to contribute further to the high acuity function of the fovea.

However, the Constitution also has certain unitary features, such as vesting power of amendment solely in the Federal Government, the absence of dual citizenship, and the overriding authority assumed by the Federal Government in times of emergency.

Before the birth of her younger brother, she was assumed to become Queen of Norway in the absence of a male heir, although this would have required a constitutional amendment, as women could not inherit the throne at the time.

Under authority of a letter from the home government addressed to Nicholson, " or in his absence, to such as for the time being takes care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in His Majesty's province of New York ," Leisler had assumed the title of lieutenant-governor in December 1689.

When discussing mass repressions, the absence of any commentary on the haphazard arrests of ordinary citizens is notable and, it must be assumed, purposeful, since occurrences like the brutality of collectivization served the interests of the party and the state.

The absence of successful Negroes in the world of scholarship and science has tended to tamp down enthusiasm among Negro youth for academic careers.

The nightmare of a clash between those in trouble in Africa, exacerbated by the difficulties, changes, and tragedies facing them, and other allies who intellectually and emotionally disapprove of the circumstances that have brought these troubles about, has been conspicuous by its absence.

The length of coast-line is and the absence of deep indentations of the shore is shown by the fact that Europe, which covers only, has a coastline of.

Because angular momentum is constant in the absence of external torques, the angular velocity ( rotational speed ) of the skater has to increase.

A rally ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor, or if a fault has been called by either the umpire or service judge or, in their absence, the offending player, at anytime during the rally.

The Board of Directors has administrative powers and is chaired by the governor ( or by the Director General in his absence ).

New evidence from Babylon has verified the existence of Belshazzar, the name first given in Daniel 5: 1, as well as his co-regency during the absence of his father, Nabonidus, in Temâ.

After 12 years Nehemiah returns to Susa ; he later comes back to Jerusalem, and finds that there has been backsliding in his absence.

Despite the region's absence of economic growth on the same scale as other parts of the nation, the Maritimes has changed markedly throughout the 20th century, partly as a result of global and national economic trends, and partly as a result of government intervention.

Since E. histolytica does not form cysts in the absence of bacteria, E. invadens has become used as a model for encystation studies as it will form cysts under axenic growth conditions, which simplifies analysis.

Although Epicurus has been commonly misunderstood to advocate the rampant pursuit of pleasure, he was actually after the absence of pain ( both physical and mental, i. e., suffering )-a state of satiation and tranquility that was free of the fear of death and the retribution of the gods.

The Onomasticon has traditionally been dated before 324, on the basis of its sparse references to Christianity, and complete absence of remarks on Constantine's buildings in the Holy Land.

The absence of any ruling about matches played before 1947 ( or before 1895 in Great Britain ) has caused problems for cricket historians and especially statisticians who have been forced to compile their own matchlists.

It has been described as a relationship free of oppression or coercion ; the absence of disabling conditions for an individual and the fulfillment of enabling conditions ; or the absence of lived conditions of compulsion, e. g. economic compulsion, in a society.

In the absence of hard facts as to haggis ' origins, popular folklore has provided some theories.

The absence of large commercial centers, other than Kingston, Montego Bay and Ocho Rios has resulted in a poorly developed retail sector in Jamaica.

Claire Rothschild has stated that the absence of Christian interpolations in the Josephus passage on John the Baptist can not by itself be used as an argument for its authenticity, but is merely an indication of the lack of tampering.

A Sunday Times article stated that Spacey's " love affair with acting, and the absence of a visible partner in the life of an attractive 40-year-old, has resulted in misunderstanding and Esquire magazine's bet-hedging assertion two years ago that he must be gay.

A fourth variation, though not technically a subspecies, is the " golden koala ", which has a slight golden tinge to the fur as a result of an absence of the melanin pigment that produces albinism in most other mammalian species.

In biblical criticism, the prayer's absence in the Gospel of Mark together with its occurrence in Matthew and Luke has caused scholars who accept the two-source hypothesis ( against other document hypotheses ) to conclude that it is probably a logion original to Q.

At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, Luthor sets in motion a calculated plot to discredit Supernova, a new hero who has taken over defending Metropolis in Superman's absence.