Allan Houston, who returned from a monthlong absence Sunday, was 2 for 13.

He has played three games since returning on Tuesday from a seven-game absence.

Will, a young man returning from an unexplained absence, greets his fiancée.

Jordan sensed a difference in Arenas at the end of last season, after he returned from a 40-game absence with an abdominal strain.

In the first episode he returns from a two-year absence, after being swept off his ship and presumed dead.

Mario Lemieux returned from a five-game absence to score one goal and set up the other in the third period.

Olazabal had a 54-hole total of 206, 10 under par for the tournament - his seventh since returning from an 18-month absence.

According to state figures, 1,472 of the 4,064 teachers certified this year were returning from an absence.

In five games since he returned from a four-game absence with back stiffness, Matsui is 3 for 17.

"It was a stupid play," said Jefferson, who had also returned from a two-game absence, because of a stomach virus.