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...spreading. The U.N.'s resolve would be rewarded at a bargain price. It's true that President Bush would sacrifice some of the strategic and moral logic of his war on terrorism if he let Saddam walk away unaccountable, especially if Saddam continued to make mischief from afar. But whatever the risks of compromise, the risks of war may be greater, so the White House isn't likely to rule out some kind of deal...
Stone was impressed with the way the team responded to those errors. After the first BC goal tied the game at one, Ruggiero scored from afar just nine second later. Botterill tallied the third goal in 32 seconds to make the score 3-1 and end any hope for a competitive game...
...around. Why, this very evening, perhaps in Argentina at a reunion of nonagenarian Nazis, or in Bin Laden's cave, or deep in Area 51, some thoughtful soul will stick 68 candles into a Twinkie and lead a chorus of "Happy Birthday, Dear Elvis." You can join in from afar...
...consequence to Benigno (Javier Camara). Sexually innocent, he learned caregiving by tending his invalid mother. He has transferred his skills and affections to Alicia (Leonor Watling), a ballet dancer struck down in an auto accident. He scarcely knows her. He fell in love with her from afar and exchanged only a few words with her as he quietly stalked her when she was still vital. Now he chatters endlessly to her--mostly about music, plays and movies, including an erotic silent film, brilliantly concocted by Almodovar, in which a tiny, shrunken man is seen traversing the nude body...
...more instructive analogies, however, may be the case of Thomas Lee Dillon. Convicted of killing five Ohio men between 1989 and 1992, Dillon drove around shooting complete strangers from afar with high-powered rifles. He saw himself as an extremely powerful person during these expeditions. And he would later tell forensic psychologist Jeffrey Smalldon that he intentionally picked random victims located across multiple jurisdictions in order to make it harder for police to find...