• As a result, Israel likes to argue, the world owes the Jewish state a huge debt of gratitude. (By the same token, perhaps Saddam should be thanked for bombing Iran's reactor at Bushehr in the 1980s.) Last year Israel carried out a long-distance military air exercise over Greece that looked like a rehearsal for action in Iran.

    ECONOMIST: Nuclear proliferation

  • But Dr Cosmides and Dr Tooby pointed out that before long-distance transport existed, only two of those would have been relevant.

    ECONOMIST: Darwinism

  • The colors provide a stark contrast to the dark burned-out shell of a house that sits in the distance -- and offer a painful reminder of the tragedy that befell the people who lived within.

    CNN: Kentucky house fire kills 2 adults, 5 children

  • Yet she was also told to slow down, advice that helped her this summer complete without passing out her first Ironman-distance triathlon.

    WSJ: Endurance Sports: Studies on Older Endurance Athletes Suggest the Fittest Reap Few Health Benefits

  • MCI's dream of offering integrated long-distance, local and Internet access without having to pay the Baby Bells their current tariff of 45 cents out of every dollar of long-distance revenues.

    ECONOMIST: WorldCom tucks in��again

  • This turned out to be a distance of twenty-six miles three hundred and eighty-five yards.

    NEWYORKER: Glory Days

  • It's like buying a new cell phone, only to get it home and find out it won't dial long-distance.

    CNN: Bill Press: Bush's victory is a hollow one

  • The day before, I asked the champion trainer about his instinct (my favourite question) as to whether the horse's never-tested stamina would last out the distance.

    BBC: KAUTO STAR - THE NEW DESERT ORCHID?

  • The enterprising foreigners have even carved out a nine-hole golf course a short distance from Iquitos.

    BBC: Into Peru��s Amazonian heart of darkness

  • Hamilton was disappointed he was not able to give Massa more of a hard time before all hopes of a win -- ultimately claimed by his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen -- disappeared when his left-front tire gave out just after half distance.

    CNN: Massa determined to bounce back

  • Along with The Park, a 5.2-acre feat of urban green space atop a freeway (to be completed next year) the bridge will connect Downtown Dallas to its adjacent neighborhoods creating even further distance from its worn-out stereotype of flashing cash and ten-gallons of makeup.

    WSJ: Luke Wilson and Others Give An Insider's Guide to Dallas

  • Next Halloween, will we be a safe enough distance away to wear gross-out costumes again?

    CNN: Attacks force pop culture to step back

  • He wondered if the call was long-distance, if he should yell out to stop reading Scripture into the phone at twelve cents a minute.

    NEWYORKER: Idols

  • Dundee United defender Lee Wilkie fired in a low drive from distance to cancel out the opener as half-time beckoned.

    BBC: Hibernian 2-1 Dundee United

  • The Premier League new boys took every opportunity to shell the ball into the Villa box, with Delap testing out keeper Brad Friedel's resolve with his artillery-distance throws.

    BBC: Stoke 3-2 Aston Villa

  • Behind him, the twisting green vines stretch out into the distance, their leaves tinged with gauzy mid-afternoon light, their stems rising up from a rich ochre-red soil.

    BBC: The three colours of Ibiza

  • Other patients dropped out because of problems with accessing the drugs - they may live some distance, for example, from the clinic which provided the medication.

    BBC: NEWS | Africa | HIV treatment 'failing' in Africa

  • But the box turned out to be no more than a glorified router used to send long-distance calls through Qwest (see "The Matrix Unraveled, " Sept. 20, 2004), and Norvergence was later forced into bankruptcy.

    FORBES: Eliot Spitzer, Meet Rhonda Shearer

  • First run in 1897, when about 15 local runners drew a line in the dirt at Metcalf's Mill out in Ashland, it is the longest-running annual race at the distance and, most agree, the world's most prestigious.

    NPR: Reporter Shares Account Of Bomb Blasts At Marathon

  • The frantic efforts of Andersen this week to sort out its post-Enron fate smack of worried men and women seeking to distance themselves from the stench emerging from the Houston office of their partners in the firm of international auditors.

    ECONOMIST: Professional services

  • Seen from a distance, he might have brought to mind an old, out-of-favor stereotype: the savage in a headdress.

    NEWYORKER: Another Manhattan

  • He hit nearly two out of three fairways (62.5%, or 35 out of 56) on the ultra-challenging Spanish layout with an impressive driving distance average of 293.4 yards per tee shot.

    BBC: SPORT | Golf | McGinley masterclass

  • Yet there are indications that Stoudemire could make an impact if the Knicks spaced him out to 22 feet or so, which is the distance to the three-point stripe in the corners.

    WSJ: What to Do With Stoudemire

  • What's more, long-distance travelers can't do the quick in-and-out for class that most closer attendees do.

    WSJ: Traveling the Globe -- Just to Get to Class

  • Last time you checked out of a hotel, I'll bet, you were gouged for your long-distance calls.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • So consumers were out using their digital SLRs and point-and-shoots to immortalize their time and space whatever distance they went.

    FORBES: Are Canon, Nikon, and Samsung In Danger of Losing Their Digital Focus?

  • Like Austin, San Antonio has grown out, not up - the suburbs sprawl away into the hotter, dustier and slightly less arable distance, leaving the old civic core unscathed.

    BBC: The perfect chilli con carne in the heart of Texas

  • It seemed to him unreasonable that the earth, on the contrary, would always travel at the same speed regardless of its distance from the sun, and when he got that straightened out, he single-handedly improved the accuracy of predicted positions by an order of magnitude.

    FORBES: Kepler, Mars and the Turning Point in Astronomy

  • In an entertaining first half full-back Harris twice tried his luck from distance, while Matt Phillips brought a save out of Wednesday goalkeeper Stephen Bywater with a low drive.

    BBC: fa-cup

  • Villa finally showed some attacking threat before the break - Ashley Young failing to hit the target from long distance after Brian Jensen had rushed out unsuccessfully from his goal, while the otherwise excellent Graham Alexander skewed a clearance narrowly wide.

    BBC: Burnley 1-1 Aston Villa

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