The fiscal cliff has DC policymakers scouring the four corners of the earth looking for ways to boost revenue without raising marginal tax rates.

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The listed organizations hail from the four corners of the earth.

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As a result, what starts off unpromisingly as the tarted-up travelogue of a privileged island-hopper turns into a journey of scientific discovery to the corners of the earth.

ECONOMIST: Island life

Though many countries have Google doodles that are specific to their culture, Google doodles are also available at a global scale, reaching all the far corners of the earth (and internet).

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Tintin (Jamie Bell), the young reporter with an orange-brown quiff and an insatiable curiosity, pursues a buried treasure, journeying to the far corners of the earth by ship, plane, and motorcycle.

NEWYORKER: Movies

Someone who yearns to see, feel, taste and smell the most far-flung corners of the earth?

FORBES: Connect

These are the high-energy particles that are accelerated in Earth's direction from all corners of the cosmos.

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From source to sea and through the never ending water cycle, water connects all corners of planet Earth.

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