Everyone laughs at me, but I think it's worth coming from half a world away.

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The most obvious is quality control: the market is infested with snake-oil salesmen, and they are harder to spot from half a world away.

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Because I will not allow terrorists to plot against the American people from safe havens half a world away.

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In Brunei, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher sat down with Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev to discuss the latest developments in the Balkans, half a world away from Asia.

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North Korea is half a world away from Israel.

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The session is held in a conference room down the hall from his office, but many of the attendees are half a world away, participating via teleconference.

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