In fact,some of the nicest looking plants in the world are best enjoyed from a distance.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Tickets,offered in March, sold out in minutes. While many kept their distance from the tarnished pop star, some friends supported him.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

So far,the answer is no. Even though some of Louisiana's quarter-million hectares of rice farms are located within shouting distance of bespoiled marshes, rice ponds rely on fresh water from wells and rainfall - not saltwater that,even without oil, would kill tender plants.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17