Distance
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As we understand more about COVID-19 and how the virus spreads, we can decide when we should socially
distance
ourselves, and by how much.
Yemen is still some
distance
from that point, partly because fewer outside players are directly engaged in the conflict.
More recently, the advent of new information and communications technology in the 1990s dramatically lowered the costs of
distance
and ushered in another wave of globalization, characterized by the emergence of complex global value chains (GVCs).
The visible measures necessitated by the pandemic – face masks, greater
distance
between MPs, and plastic partition screens – may not be all that is different about this parliamentary session.
But our physical
distance
from the rest of the world also gives New Zealanders a special understanding of community and connection that has fresh relevance today.
Our physical
distance
only underscores the depth of that commitment.
Worse, according to Joanneum, EV batteries don’t last long enough to achieve that
distance
in the first place.
Nonetheless, Biden, despite his moderate instincts, has not been able to
distance
himself from the idea, no doubt worried about blowback from the left wing of the Democratic Party.
The Christians were to
distance
themselves from the West, and the Muslims were to abandon the idea of Lebanon as part of a larger Arab nation.
To be sure, it is not easy to
distance
oneself from the head of one’s party.
As we remain socially distant, we might also recognize that marginalized communities and communities of color have long lived at a social and economic
distance.
Throughout the world, sudden mid-semester lockdowns aimed at combating the pandemic forced universities to switch to
distance
learning almost overnight.
For example, agriculture is relatively safe, because workers are outdoors and a safe
distance
from one another, and it is also vital for Rio Grande do Sul’s economy.
This will require overcoming two longstanding obstacles: the
distance
between people and the absence of a common language.
Meanwhile, the vehicles pick up speed, the
distance
between them shortens, and no one has yet swerved.
But in this case, communities can indeed help to contain the COVID-19 threat by adaptively reducing their connectivity through mitigation measures that increase social
distance
such as school and business closures, bans on public gatherings, and limitations on public transport while the crisis lasts.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to
distance
the United Kingdom from the EU as much as possible and to build a free-market economy that is unconstrained by EU regulations.
Owing to the Iranian revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, followed by the Polish crisis of 1980-1981, European leaders were under growing pressure to
distance
themselves from US President Ronald Reagan’s newly installed and more assertive administration.
They have not chosen to do so, but new rules set strict limits on the maximum
distance
separating the winner from the last-place finisher.
Merkel, by contrast, has kept her
distance
from Trump, Putin, and Xi.
The majority are denied
distance
learning.
As recently as the 2000s, flashy catchphrases like “the death of distance” and “the world is flat” abounded.
The PLA has now established heavily fortified camps in the areas it infiltrated, in addition to deploying weapons on its side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), within striking
distance
of Indian deployments.
But others could use a public inquiry focused on improving US institutions to
distance
themselves from Trump.
But the problem is not just inequality of income and wealth: there is also a growing suspicion that the social
distance
between the elite and everyone else has widened.
Though China and Russia are the Kim regime’s traditional allies, Kim’s grandfather and father, Kim Jong-il, always kept their
distance
from the two powers, often playing one off against the other.
As China masters the pandemic, the economic
distance
between it and other major powers changes dramatically.
As the British journalist Frances Cairncross put it in 1997, the Internet meant the “death of distance.”
Once
distance
doesn’t matter, the logic goes, offices – and, by extension, cities – become irrelevant.
But reaching that market often requires farmers to travel a considerable
distance
with their goats, which lose weight during the journey.
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