In 1935, Einstein, along with two young collaborators, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen, proposed an experiment that would test this idea by probing action-at-a-distance.

ECONOMIST: 100 years of Einstein

Action-at-a-distance, spooky though he thought it, does occur.

ECONOMIST: 100 years of Einstein

Gallacher was called into action again when David Silva tried his luck from distance, the keeper doing well to push the ball out for a corner.

BBC: Kilmarnock 2-1 St Mirren

More generally, affirmative action programs can be seen as a way of reducing the social distance between governing institutions and minority communities that tend to be under-represented in government.

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For the best views, retreat up the steep hillside (by foot or taxi) to the sleepy town of Monticello, which may lack action but more than makes up for it with sweeping vistas of the sea below and mountains in the distance.

BBC: Corsica, by breathtaking and bumpy train

And at least prior to that, even as we acknowledge that we will debate some of these issues beyond the election, we can take action immediately to pass the tax cuts for 98 percent of the American people that would go a significant distance down the road towards addressing the fiscal cliff.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing