The research could ultimately give insights into animal behaviour and help humans visit distant places.

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In the past, the Bundeswehr has mostly done easyish jobs, even in distant places.

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It will be in distant places that have ceased having an impact on how elections turn out.

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"He joined the Foreign Service, learned languages, won friends for America in distant places and made other people's hopes his own, " Clinton said.

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Too often they have been asked to fight in strange and distant places, for no clear purpose they could see and for no accomplishment they can measure.

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Some of the cells form new tumors in distant places.

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They have served tour after tour of duty in distant, different and difficult places.

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Small online sellers will therefore have to comply with tax laws created by distant governments in which they have no representation, and in places where they consume no local services.

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And just as I'm impressed by these signs of China's journey to the 21st century, I'm eager to see those ancient places that speak to us from China's distant past.

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More conservative Amish tend to live in more secluded places, and their lifestyle restrictions can make the outside world seem distant and intimidating, Kraybill said.

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