Those terms include adhering to what he calls his "MBA" management approach "management by absence" which sees him far away from Ventura, sometimes for months at a time, "wear testing" the company's outdoor gear while climbing or fishing.

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Management appeared unprepared to tackle the absence of success, it said, leaving swimmers feeling "undefended, alone, alienated".

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The DUP's Peter Weir also said he felt the bill seemed "weak", whereas Sinn Fein's Cathal Boylan said he was concerned with the absence of a Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

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Clara went back to work (the new pills she was taking had done wonders for her outlook), and, shortly afterward, management, perhaps to pay her back for such a long absence, transferred her to a branch in another Andalusian city, though not very far away.

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But human fecklessness is also to blame, including wastage, urban, industrial and agricultural pollution, absence of purifying systems and frequently poor democratic and financial management of the sector.

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