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A deal to return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece is "still some distance" away, the chairman of the British Museum has said.

From BBC

When the spider anticipated its meal was within striking distance, it abruptly released a strand of silk connecting the center of its web to a nearby rock or twig.

They migrated long distances, which made them a reliable fat- and protein-rich resource for highly mobile humans.

This well-defined relationship between tip distance and current allows the microscope to measure and map the surface of the atom or molecule based on the electric current strength.

And although the country was under military dictatorship, the Paiva home, in walking distance of a paradisiacal beach, was something of a sanctuary.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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