But there is a law on the books, black and white, that a sedan, a six-passenger-or-under, for-hire vehicle can charge based on time and distance.

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In fact, the process has been under way since agriculture and long-distance trade began.

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Smoking in Russia will be banned from restaurants, long-distance trains and housing block entrance halls under a tough new bill passed by parliament.

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Because of the distance that low-frequency sound waves can travel under water, a set of four ships emitting sound at 235 decibels could monitor 80% of the world's oceans for submarines.

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To provide education for these groups, the National Centre for Non-Formal and Distance Education (NFDE) was established under the Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science (MECS) to coordinate all the efforts done at the national level.

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"You call yourself a middle-distance runner when you've run a mile in under four minutes, " Moorcroft, now chief executive of UK Athletics, told BBC Sport.

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More generally, affirmative action programs can be seen as a way of reducing the social distance between governing institutions and minority communities that tend to be under-represented in government.

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The tracking stock, to trade under the proposed Nasdaq ticker MCIT, is expected to include the company's long-distance, wholesale and dial-up businesses.

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Haut swore under oath that he personally saw (from a distance) "a couple" of alien-like bodies (small torsos, big heads) stored at the base and that he believed there were two crash sites.

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