A year before, few people considered this world shaking event even a remote possibility.

So one should never give up hope, even when hope seems impossible to sustain.

But the king still has some support, though clearly far short of a majority.

Indeed, few governments have submitted remotely realistic budget projections, typically relying on overly rosy economic scenarios.

First, it is too dangerous for any country to come even remotely close to the point where insolvency can be triggered by a sunspot.

The kind of fiscal integration and centralized power that they would require do not even remotely resemble those in place in the US.

It is depressing to see a scientist even a highly politicized one calling for a latter day Inquisition.

That is far from the truth.

While the decriminalization of consensual gay sex is indeed a victory for those rooting for orientation equality, constricted notions of propriety continue to be imposed on basic choices deemed even remotely threatening to social fabric. A case in point being denim.

But it will become increasingly difficult for us to maintain our out of sight, out of mind attitude.

From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

She is like the merchants' ships she bringeth her food from afar.

The right to veto was the price demanded by China, France, Great Britain, Russia, and the US for joining the UN. No one believes that a formal Charter amendment to abolish or limit this right is remotely likely.

When a friend comes from afar, is that not delightful?

His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.

All men have looked thereon. Man sees it afar off.

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

Every man may see it man may behold it afar off.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

So, while the Fund lays out an integrated approach to capital flow liberalization, and specifies a detailed sequence of reforms, there is nothing remotely comparable on capital controls and how to render them more effective.

And when billions of our actions combine to create famines and floods halfway around the world, afflicting the poorest people in drought prone Mali and Kenya, few of us are even dimly aware of the dangerous snares of global interconnectedness.

Despite all of the optimistic talk about wind, solar, geothermal, and other sustainable, non carbon emitting energy sources, no alternative is remotely ready to shoulder the energy burden currently borne by fossil fuels.

Fire and humanity long ago began shaping each other s realm.

He has come a long way from dusty football fields with his dreams.

Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off?

Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

The moon is distant from the earth.

The chair is far from the door.

Sami is out of danger.

In any case, let s wish him luck.

Few expect such a colossal achievement, of course, but far fewer expect anything remotely similar from Catherine Ashton, the EU s foreign policy czarina, or, for that matter, any European leader.

This is alien to any and all concepts of liberty.

Since these trials took place in complete isolation from the rest of the world, with no impartial observers or foreign journalists present, it is to be doubted, strongly, that the defendants received anything remotely like a fair trial in accordance with international judicial standards.

Is the bank far from here?

Is the bank far from here?

Your parents' house is too far!