Distance
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Geographical
distance
is as strong a determinant of economic exchange as it was a half-century ago.
Clinton should take note and
distance
herself from Wall Street.
Factors like geographical
distance
and economic interdependence have made the US wary of entanglement in Asia’s territorial feuds.
The URF leaders ran an electoral campaign that seemed to revel in their
distance
from ordinary Russians.
But with the exception of Spain and parts of Eastern Europe, they have until very recently interacted at a
distance
and outside Europe's boundaries.
John Paul II undoubtedly keeps a
distance
from liberal economic ideas and the liberal state, which he often charges with permissiveness and moral relativism.
Many people live far from a health care provider, and
distance
costs both time and money.
This outcome would be accelerated if, as is likely, Berlusconi himself were to
distance
himself from politics in the coming electoral term.
Think of winding a watch: the more you wind, the more resistance builds up in the mainspring, and the more energy it takes to move the stem the same
distance.
When it comes to the health of our children, there must be no
distance
between rich and poor, and no distinctions among communities.
Airlines have long employed such price discrimination, offering multiple prices for the same
distance
flown, depending on date and time.
Recent studies by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the World Bank and the CASE Foundation show that geographical
distance
from centres of development, mountainous terrain, lack of "market memory"- recent historical experience of an entrepreneurial tradition - and failures of economic policy are the main causes of the lack of recovery after the collapse of the Soviet-era economy.
Far from attempting to defeat its enemies, the United Kingdom is attempting to preserve mutually beneficial relationships with countries from which it cannot
distance
itself geographically – and from which it can’t afford to
distance
itself otherwise.
That is a serious competitive disadvantage to add to the penalty of being at a greater
distance
from the EU’s center of economic gravity.
Qatar’s foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, has denied that his country funds the group, but also publicly called on its leaders to
distance
themselves from al-Qaeda, reinforcing the view that Qatar retains influence over the group.
Even in the far northern reaches of the Reef, long at a sufficient
distance
from human pressures like coastal development to preserve, to a large extent, coral health, a staggering 50% of the coral has died.
This reinforces her need to maintain
distance
from Musharraf.
For many developing countries, high oil and food prices represent a triple threat: not only do importing countries have to pay more for grain, they have to pay more to bring it to their countries and still more to deliver it to consumers who may live a long
distance
from ports.
Merkel has also been right to keep her
distance
from US President Donald Trump and to defend the liberal values that he disdains.
Fortunately, many efforts are now underway to help these countries cover the
distance
and reach the Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring quality education for all by 2030.
The
distance
that separates the West from countries that rely on sham elections is not only geographic, religious, or cultural; it is chronological.
Learning the great art of Orientalism, the classical empires knew how to keep talking while keeping their
distance.
With Romney, though, there would be no
distance
at all: metaphorically speaking, he is the financial sector.
Sir Archibald Wavell, one of Britain’s greatest World War II generals and the penultimate Viceroy of India, wrote in his biography of the WWI Field-Marshal Edmund Allenby, who led the Allies in the Levant: “The greatest exploit in the history of horsed cavalry, and possibly their last success on a large scale, had ended within a short
distance
of the battlefield of Issus, where Alexander the Great first showed how battles could be won.”
Much has changed in the age of the Internet, but geography still matters, despite the alleged death of
distance.
Today, on the eve of the French presidential elections, opinion polls show that three-quarters of French voters believe that France should
distance
itself from the United States.
In the cyber world, by contrast, actors are diverse (and sometimes anonymous), physical
distance
is immaterial, and some forms of offense are cheap.
And, while domestic problems may seem intractable,
distance
increases the confusion and fatigue induced by seemingly intractable international problems.
Yes, Putin cares that the elite are keeping their
distance
from his foreign policy.
In China’s view, that
distance
makes it “necessary” to build “military facilities” on the islands.
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