In Lillehammer even less time separated the two, and if all four runs had been run as a single race, Hackl would have won the three-and-a-half miles by less than 14 inches.
Basically it involves two separate particles behaving as if they were essentially one and the same, even though they are separated by a great distance.
Evenif those immigrants are eventually given asylum, they may have waited in detention for months or years, separated from their families just for attempting to escape strife in their country of origin.