In cyberspace, it is much easier and not only because of gravity, but also because of distance.

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Passing sentence, Sheriff Joseph Platt said the frauds were "well planned" and that because of the gravity of the offences that "only custodial sentences are appropriate".

BBC: Three men guilty of defrauding migrants in Glasgow

Ambassador CROCKER: I do believe that Iraq's leaders have the will to tackle the country's pressing problems, although it will take longer than we originally anticipated because of the environment and the gravity of the issues before them.

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But if the ecumenists of the WCC and certain evangelicals are getting on better, it's probably because Christianity's centre of gravity is moving south to Africa and other poor places, where the ideological rows of the northern hemisphere often ring hollow, and churches dare not neglect either the spiritual or the material.

ECONOMIST: An intra-Christian gap has closed a little

Because it opposes the attractive force of gravity, dark energy tends to inhibit cluster formation.

ECONOMIST: Cosmology

Space is a good place for gerontological study, because of similarities between what happens to a body in zero gravity and what happens naturally over time on Earth.

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And there is no indication that the reason why decaying dams are found at each point where the town brook falls ten feet is because there used to be a dozen factories on its banks using the gravity power of falling water to turn out a variety of industrial products.

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This works because gravity holds you firmly on the ground, and your feet stay put because of friction with the floor.

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Scientists said they launched the satellite from midair to save money, compared with an expendable rocket launched from the ground, because it doesn't take as much fuel to break free of the planet's gravity.

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