Of course, some people worry about the way that a kiss also puts us in very close proximity to another person's germs.

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Given that the conference is fundamentally a research conference, holding this event in such close proximity to the National Institutes of Health and other U.S. Government research facilities will also, hopefully, expand the level of scientific discourse between our scientists and researchers from around the world.

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There's a lot of brownfield sites on the coast in close proximity to gas pipelines.

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At the final whistle, Evra openly celebrated his team's victory in close proximity to Suarez and also drew a rebuke from his manager Ferguson.

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