Hence, managers are likely to be tempted to be short-termist, by inflating current earnings, and letting the distant future look after itself.

ECONOMIST: Financial misstatements

Budget pressures in developed countries make that target look very distant now.

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Prospects for any kind of reconciliation now look more distant than ever.

ECONOMIST: The separatists strike close to home

We look at that distant horizon.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event, Cleveland, OH

We look forward to the distant horizon -- (applause) -- to new possibilities, to new frontiers.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event -- Las Vegas, NV

In 1609, Galileo heard rumors about a Dutch gadget that gave you a closeup look at faraway ships and distant buildings.

NEWYORKER: Moon Man

Back pain sufferers, even today, are forced to look outside the mainstream for answers from distant experts.

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They will look increasingly to next-door Turkey or distant Singapore as models of development that bring stability and progress.

ECONOMIST: Europe

But I'll admit that I look more like a chimp than I look like my cousin the shrimp or my distant kin the lichens or the snowy egret or the moss.

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The question now is not are there planets orbiting distant stars, or even how many, but what do these planets look like and, crucially, could any support life?

BBC: From counting to characterising exoplanets

Look away from the screen about every 20 minutes and stare at a distant object for several seconds to relax your eye's focusing muscles.

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