Word: distantly
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...Researchers have now identified the outer protein coat of the virus, a necessary step in developing a vaccine. But an actual vaccine remains a distant prospect...
...fact, it turns me on sometimes. The monster comes out." He would like to devour someone else before the year is over, for another $5 million to $8 million or much less. An opponent is the problem. "Let's do it again," Hearns offered vaguely, meaning in the distant future. The Detroiter needs some time to recall he is a boxer, and the conqueror must be allowed some time to grow old. "I'm at the top of my game, and I don't see any other fighter out there," said Hagler, Marvelous no longer just by court decree...
Even without the rationale of superpower cooperation or scientific benefit, the delegates agreed, human beings will eventually land on Mars, driven by nothing less than good old-fashioned nosiness. "We will never be satisfied with data streams and pictures from some distant planet," said Schmitt. "We want to be there." Concluded James Beggs: "Humans to Mars? Why not?" --By Natalie Angier. Reported by Jay Branegan/Washington
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has suffered several political setbacks this summer. Disaffection with her tight economic policies continues to grow, the Conservative Party limped in a distant third in a by-election last month, and Thatcher's approval rating has dropped to 34% in the most recent Gallup poll. But perhaps the cruelest blow came last week, when nearly 100 members of her party refused to back a Thatcher proposal to raise salaries for top government officials by as much as 46%. Both the Tory rebels and Labor opponents denounced the raises as insensitive, coming at a time when...
Harvard’s third varsity nailed a 10-second victory over of Georgetown and Delaware. Both freshmen teams came in a distant second to the Lions...