And as I relaxed the afternoon away, the sounds of waves hitting the beach as the tide rolled in filled the air along with the rhythms of samba playing in the distance.

FORBES: Afternoon Delight

At times it is as though they are playing games, hovering in the distance, then beside your ear for a moment, then gone again, evaporating like the water that nourishes this cloud forest and the town at its edge.

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Miller has proven on the international stage with Scotland that he is adept at playing in that lone striker role and he can last the distance.

BBC: Forward thinking from Walter Smith

Times have changed though and with tickets being relatively pricey, with all seating stadia in place and pitch invasion not very common nowadays it would seem that distance between the fans in the crowd and the playing surface is not as essential as it once was.

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If broadcast flag rules and technology were in place, it could keep a university from playing part of a news program for a distance-learning course taken over the Internet, or even impose restrictions on a teacher who records a documentary to show in class, she says.

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So I think it's the one that is easiest to anticipate and see off in the distance because the funny thing is that Henry Aaron never got this kind of glowing praise when he was playing, and not even 10 years after he retired.

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