Absent a doc fix, many more physicians would surely join them on the sidelines.
But absent a buyout, there are plenty of contorted ways to get referrals anyway.
There are a number of virtues to small businesses, even absent a special role as job creators.
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Absent a painful nationwide recession in 2006, home owners will be able to afford their mortgage payments.
It is hard to envision investment getting much higher, absent a major boost in demand from some other sector.
Absent a rescue from Capitol Hill, the glut is going to get worse.
An idea, however, is difficult for the law to grasp so that, absent a patent, ideas are not protected.
But, absent a better sorting mechanism, the degree will influence who gets ahead.
As dunes build up absent a storm to knock them down they shift closer to the high-tide line, and nesting space shrinks.
So, absent a deal that includes increasing income-tax rates for wealthy Americans, the country is still headed for the cliff.
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It provides a fascinating window into the editorial considerations weighed absent a corporate source or the subject of the story himself.
We further expect that liquidity could be constrained in 2013 absent a turnaround or substantial asset sales to fund operating losses.
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They cut prices either for students who squawk or for those who appear likely, absent a price break, to matriculate elsewhere.
There are no jobs and no companies without investment, and there will be no major investment boom absent a stronger dollar.
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And absent a price on carbon, biomass-based chemicals and fuels need to be less expensive than existing products, not at price parity.
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Absent a court ruling, the ban will take effect in six months.
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Absent a mandate, people would just wait until they got sick to buy health insurance, but that would send premiums through the roof.
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Fed Chairman Bernanke warned Dodd that financial markets are in what he called a "quite fragile condition" and that absent a plan they would certainly get worse.
Absent a pickup in U.S. natural gas prices, Shell is going to be hard-pressed to see a return on that investment anytime soon.
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But absent a bankruptcy, Charles Darwin might have the same effect.
Absent a thorough review of any malfeasance, significant losses or sustained underperformance, there can be no assurance that the past mistakes will not be repeated.
"Absent a thoughtful national discussion, the answer is none, " says Michael A. Friedman , chief executive of City of Hope, a cancer center in Los Angeles.
But absent a replacement, this would leave the U.S. without a coherent bankruptcy proceeding for megabanks, and even more incentive to bail out large institutions that fail.
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Absent a showing of necessity, go with the provider that does not pose the risk of harm the other provider, subject to the conflict of interest, poses.
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Absent a clear U.S. understanding of how these and similar conundrums can be fully resolved, making further "progress" toward a CW ban would be dangerous and irresponsible.
With little public support for the spending cuts and tax hikes needed to cut the deficit, few lawmakers are willing to make those tough votes absent a clear, easy-to explain, economic payoff.
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Mega state funds such as Kentucky and Illinois are so grossly underfunded that their demise is inevitable within a few years, absent a bail-out, and thousands of local public funds are teetering.
Absent a stay, "we will want to go back to court as quickly as possible and ask the judge to hold them in contempt, " said Janet Crepps, a senior counsel for the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Absent a common currency in the form of the dollar, the U.S. would still be a rich country, but far less vibrant for all the wasted effort necessary to facilitate interstate trade given 50 different floating money concepts.
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In a National Bureau of Economic Research paper, Michael Kremer of Harvard and Christopher Snyder of Dartmouth explain why it is that drug companies, absent a nudge from a subsidy, favor research on drug treatments over research on vaccines.
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