But as it unfolds, and as that rest stop takes shape as a demoralizing symbol of the sacrifices inherent in a long-distance relationship, "I-95" takes on a sincere sweetness that the band wears well.
Kaye distributed the program to 10 couples, each of which was involved in a long-distance relationship.
Sam Walton was an Olympian in this sense, a long-distance runner in the race for competitive ideas.
But the real winner in this battle may be Carlos Slim Helu Carlos Slim Helu , the Mexican telecommunications magnate who managed to turn his stake in a struggling long-distance company into over a billion dollars.
Its 1 million users make one third of all paid Net phone calls in the U.S., paying a penny a minute for long-distance in the U.S. and 4 cents a minute for calls to Paris (a quarter of what the big carriers charge).
It might seem odd for BP to shun the fuel at hand in favor of a long-distance solution.
Physicians who demonstrate expertise in their area may result in a patient travelling a long distance to get that expertise.
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She's a long-distance runner herself in a metaphorical sense.
Mobilcom, which charges a flat rate of DM0.19 a minute for long-distance calls in Germany (a third of Deutsche Telekom's peak rate), is so popular that most customers trying to reach its network find only a busy signal.
With upgrades in the equipment, he will soon be able to connect a corporate customer to a long-distance carrier in minutes rather than the 24 hours it now takes.
"Everyone was very scared and wanted to take their money away to the U.S. and Europe, " says Carlos Montemayor, chief of Marcatel, a Telmex rival in long-distance service.
We were walking on the recently created Abraham Path, Turkey's newest trekking route and the northernmost section of an ambitious vision begun in 2008 to create a long-distance trail through the Middle East based on the journey of the Prophet Abraham.
WorldCom's attempt to merge with Sprint, a long-distance operator, in 2000 was rejected as anti-competitive, since it would have created a giant with huge market power.
The Ice Bear, as he is often called, also became the first person to complete a long distance swim in every ocean in the world.
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Another possibility, though, is that Qwest itself will fall victim to America's telecoms-merger frenzy perhaps to a Baby Bell in a hurry to enter the long-distance market.
China's Sun Yang has shown Phelps-esque dominance in freestyle long-distance races and is trying to add a medal in the 200 free to his expected golds in the 400 and 1, 500 freestyle races.
Garlett will compete in a half-Ironman or other long-distance event before Kona to validate his selection.
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Thanks to more than 40 such deals in the past five years, WorldCom has transformed itself into the world's largest provider of Internet services, and a big force in local, long-distance and international telephony.
The GALAXY Camera's 21x optical zoom can be controlled by either button or touchscreen, rendering long-distance pictures in a quality that users will be proud to share, while OIS ensures that images stay clear and crisp.
When he had finished, the publisher lit a cigarette and paced up and down the office for a long time in silence, walking from one wall to the other, a distance of barely three yards.
It is a long distance from any bases in Antarctica.
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The Land Rover is out of sight in minutes, but for a long time we can hear him crunching bamboo and revving the motor in the distance.
The long-distance Javerts in the tough-on-immigration movement need to take a good long look at Les Miserables, whether the book, the movie or the musical, and see the bit of Javert in each of us.
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You can see for a long distance, there is nothing in the way.
The son of a Cheshire long distance runner who disappeared in Greece four weeks ago has said "it's getting harder" to believe he will be found.
Svyazinvest was originally conceived both as a holding company for the state's interests in 86 local telephone firms across Russia and as a competitor for Rostelecom, a state-run near-monopoly in long-distance and international telephony.
Several companies in the last year have been victims of "toll fraud, " a scheme in which hackers break into a company's VoIP network and sell thousands of dollars worth of long-distance minutes.
He brought in veteran telecom executives who owned a fast-growing wholesale long distance business.
It was Mr Sullivan, for example, who had the idea of taking over MCI, a much bigger long-distance operator, in 1997.
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