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• Some stored miles have expired to zero, while the one airline I use most often seems to add miles so slowly that I'll be lucky to take one free trip after six years of saving miles up.While listening to Graham Hill, I thought about all the ways that frequent flyer miles are the exact opposite of the advice he was giving.
• A new arms race is already afoot in the wake of the West's decision to install a missile system in Eastern Europe, just miles from the Russian border. —  Sweetness & Light
• Federal court records filed by Odyssey in Tampa seeking the exclusive salvage rights said the site is 25 to 40 miles from the English coast, outside of its territorial waters. —  AOL News
• "The ship was taken yesterday (Saturday) far out at sea, around 400 nautical miles from the Somali coast, between Kenya and the Seychelles," said Andrew Mwangura, of the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.
• Frequent flyer miles are available to those who travel on one particular airline and anyone who flies regularly can soon rack up enough miles to take a free leisure trip, or upgrade to business or first class on a particularly long flight. —  Best Syndication -

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