Mr. STERN: So a few weeks after the Pluto encounter when we've chosen our target, we'll fire the engines of the spacecraft, but we'll have to fly a distance something like from here to the sun or twice that far to reach these Kuiper Belt objects.

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Calderon has tried to capitalize on that, calling himself the disobedient son, in order to distance himself from Fox, who some here view as a disappointment.

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Then perhaps some historian will look again at Mr Hague's speech this month, aided by the enchantment lent by distance, and see that here started the Tories' long journey from trauma and defeat to power.

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Manzano finished in 3:34.79, making him the first U.S. athlete to medal in the 1, 500 since Jim Ryun won silver at the Mexico City Games in 1968, and adding to what's turning into a distance-running renaissance for the Americans here in London.

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