The fabled city, whose names is sometimes used in the West as a synonym for a faraway place, was at the center of trans-Sahara trade in earlier times.

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These conversations added a cultural dimension to a trip that was mostly about experiencing a faraway place.

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Little Saigon may have the flavor of a faraway place, but its banking is right here at home.

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"It was kind of shocking because you get to a very faraway place emotionally and spiritually, " he said.

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Along with nearly 1.5 million Americans who have served in Iraq, they fought in a faraway place for people they never knew.

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Usually, when Stafford and his team prepare the grounds for burial, it is for someone who has died in a faraway place.

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As we soon learn, David doesn't care much to know Maria he is suffering writer's block and simply needs a faraway place to work for a week, revising his novel.

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As we soon learn, David doesn't care much to know Maria he is suffering writer's block and simply needs a faraway place to work for a week, revising his second novel.

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Thinking of moving to a faraway place?

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