And the smaller the physical distance between friends, the larger the effect they had on each other's happiness.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

I do remember walking on the college grounds and watching sail boats in the distance on the blue waters of Lake Michigan.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

From a distance, it appears to float on a lake.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

On the program, Griffin tried to distance himself from that stance.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

So far,the answer is no. Even though some of Louisiana's quarter-million hectares of rice farms are located within shouting distance of bespoiled marshes, rice ponds rely on fresh water from wells and rainfall - not saltwater that,even without oil, would kill tender plants.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17