Word: distantly
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TRAVEL Before you set off for distant lands, brush up on your language skills and prepare yourself for the sights...
...SENTENCED. Alexander Milinkevich, 58, Belarussian opposition leader, to 15 days in jail after being found guilty of attending an illegal demonstration; in Minsk. Milinkevich finished a distant second to President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus' disputed presidential elections in March, which triggered massive protests in the former Soviet republic. Milinkevich was arrested after leading a demonstration of about 6,000 on April 26 that called for the constitutional overthrow of the Russian-backed Lukashenko...
...Harvard found itself down a length to host Yale by the midway point, a lopsided margin attributable to a tentative start and a shaky first half.Not once has the Crimson put together a dominant opening 1,000 meters all season, and Saturday was no different. Harvard sat in a distant third at the midway point, as reigning national champion Yale built a solid lead over both crews on its home course. “[The first 1,000] seemed a little bit unfocused, a little bit unsure,” said senior varsity coxswain Felix Yu. “When...
...radiation through a vacuum- tight steel casing to simulate a nuclear explosion 300 miles deep in space. Parts of the tunnel will collapse, and tons of irradiated rock will hurtle through the pipe, but the explosion should remain contained, thanks to seven giant doors. The last barrier, a mile distant, is a gas-sealed door made to withstand temperatures of 500 degrees F and pressures...
...most of us, Darfur is only the name of a distant, unknown region. In those remote longitudes, however, nothing less than an outright genocide goes umpunished. The United States and its allies around the world can no longer refrain from an armed response. Military intervention is the only path, and it is our moral duty. The two groups involved in this age-old conflict are both predominantly Muslim—one is collectively known as Baggara, and the other includes different African tribes such as the Zaghawa, Masalit, and Fur—although the former is Arab and the latter...